Twelve Ways to Voice Opposition to Daft Ideas Without Losing Friends or...
Not enough of us are prepared to challenge woke idiocies for fear of losing our careers or friends. Joanna Gray offers 12 ways to voice opposition to daft ideas without losing friends or alienating...
View ArticleForget About Reading Books, Teenagers Aren’t Even Bothering With the Internet...
Forget about reading books, teenagers aren't even bothering with the internet anymore, discovers Joanna Gray. With social media algorithms feeding them entertainment, looking things up just doesn't...
View ArticleAI is a Misnomer
AI is a misnomer, says Joanna Gray. It's not and will never be 'intelligent'. The fact that human 'super recognisers' are needed to spot the mistakes that AI makes at least 25% of the time should be...
View ArticleIs Data Always the “Absolute Truth”?
"Data is the absolute truth," said Nigel Farage recently. "Oh Nige," says Joanna Gray, "don’t be so gullible." Data is like the kitchen drawer: an incoherent mass of things that seemed useful. What we...
View ArticleWhy We’ll Have to Wait a Long Time for Lockdown Mea Culpas
It's tremendous to see 2025 kicking off with more from the Times about the devastating effect of lockdowns on children. But we'll be waiting a long time for genuine mea culpas, says Joanna Gray, for...
View ArticleIn Welcoming Trump, Let Us Remember Henry VIII
We're all feeling a little giddy after the inauguration, but let us remember to put not our trust in princes, says Joanna Gray. After all, Thomas More effused at the coronation of Henry VIII, and look...
View ArticleDon’t Blame Gen Z
Joanna Gray says the Gen Zer she was mentoring had an epiphany: "It’s not us who suck; it’s you Gen Xers. No wonder you lot went along with all that trans BS, you'd all lost your bottle." Terrifyingly,...
View ArticleWhen Did our Era of National Demoralisation Begin?
When did our Era of National Demoralisation begin, wonders Joanna Gray. Was it with the smoking ban, or when police ditched smart black for fluorescent yellow, or when doctors stopped making house...
View ArticlePeter Hitchens is Right: Labelling a Child as Dyslexic Only Makes Them Worse
Peter Hitchens is right, says Joanna Gray: labelling a child as 'dyslexic' only means they give up trying to read. We think we're helping by giving them 'support' but all we've done is undermined their...
View ArticlePeople Who Want to Understand Teenage Boys Should Watch The Inbetweeners Not...
People who want to understand teenage boys would be better off watching The Inbetweeners than Adolescence, says Joanna Gray. It captures perfectly the best and worst of adolescent boys in the...
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