Sexual assault

#metoo brand walliams

We don’t need another #MeToo moment

13 November 2026 5:52 am

“We know no spectacle so ridiculous,” wrote the essayist Thomas Babington Macaulay, “as the British public in one of its…

russell brand

The welcome downfall of Russell Brand

6 November 2026 4:06 am

It is the verdict that countless people have been hoping for. The most deserving, of course, are the women who…

cornell metoo

Cornell brings back #MeToo

2 October 2026 6:55 am

#MeToo is back – thanks, largely, to Cornell University. A former student, identified only as Jane Doe, alleged in a…

graham platner

Graham Platner’s defenders are the biggest losers of his implosion

8 July 2026 4:22 am

Democrats are finally pulling the plug on Graham Platner, the failson whose juvenile addiction to schizophrenic online message boards, rad Nazi tattoo,…

russell brand

Russell Brand is everything that is wrong with the world

24 April 2026 4:06 am

There are few stranger public careers than that of Russell Brand, the former “comedian” turned MAGA cheerleader-in-chief. He has given…

Eric Swalwell

Swalwell sexual assault accusations detonate California governor’s race

12 April 2026 5:30 am

Is it Swal-over for Swalwell? Congressman Eric Swalwell – the longtime anti-Trump crusader, MS Now and CNN mainstay, and a…

Containing multitudes

18 July 2020 9:00 am

It might seem a bit of a stretch to see deep similarities between Michaela Coel (young, female, black and currently…

Barometer

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Water worlds Nasa announced it had found evidence of running water on Mars in the form of dark streaks on…

Sex and the Saudis

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Since King Abdullah died, the ruling family are without restraints