Opinion
What is Russell Brand doing interviewing Ed Miliband?
Labour chief appears on The Trews — Michael Fordham explains this unlikely meeting shows how fragmented our political circus has become.
Written by: Michael Fordham
What happens to your Facebook after you die?
New film: In Memory — A new film explores how people live on online after they have died IRL. Is social media changing the way we understand grief?
Written by: Robin Nierynck
Is New York still a city of dreams?
No more rags to riches — Writer Alan Kaufman and artist Clayton Patterson discuss how their personal journeys of social advancement and creative expression no longer seem possible in today’s NYC.
Written by: Alex King
The health guru who lied about having cancer and other righteous fakers
Truth or glory? — Investigators cast aspersions on The Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson, who claimed she survived brain cancer by changing her diet, but she is not the first to fake it to make it.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Cara Delevingne's X-rated Pepe Jeans ad might not be exactly what you expected
Bad Adz #5 — Notes from the frontlines of cultural co-optation, courtesy of advertising's rogue inside-man, perpetual outsider King Adz.
Written by: King Adz
No 'industry' can ever keep up with culture
Can skateboarding save Silicon Valley? WTF? — When any 'industry' tries to co-opt a culture, it's like watching a clown car chase through a hall of mirrors. Look away, Michael Fordham says, and just focus on what you do.
Written by: Michael Fordham
Helena Bonham Carter gets cosy with a giant tuna
Bad Adz #4 — Overfishing sucks. But these Fish Love ads to raise awareness are just plain... fishy. King Adz goes behind the scenes of another off-point campaign.
Written by: King Adz
Are you a terrorist? Take the US government’s test to find out
Inept responses to homegrown security threats — Can sliding-scale questionnaires and info-graphics really identify extremism and help protect us from terrorism?
Written by: Alex King
An Irish jig you can breakdance to! Ad-land’s latest great faux pas
BAD ADZ #3 — Orange juice brand J20 gets their cocktails in a right old mix by throwing breakdancers into an Irish pub. Oh dear, says King Adz, our resident ad-buster.
Written by: King Adz
Malcolm X, O.J. Simpson, and now Marine Le Pen; a history of controversy at Oxford Union
No platform for fascism — As protesters mobilise at the Oxford Union, where Marine Le Pen is scheduled to talk tonight, we consider some of their previously controversial guests.
Written by: Megan White