BBC faces formidable challenges as it searches for a new leader

Jan 22, 2020 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

The BBC faces a hostile government seeking to end the licence fee in favour of advertising. Meanwhile, political polarisation has undermined consensus about its role, it faces increased competition and technology is...

The rise of the ‘porntropreneur’: even hustlers need side hustles in the gig economy

Jan 22, 2020 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Porn is the billboard. Cam is the product, my housemate and porn performer in Las Vegas tells me. She makes most of her money from camming: a form of live streaming, where viewers tip for a sexual performance via...

Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date

Jan 21, 2020 07:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

We are entering a new world where skyscrapers and other huge buildings are becoming redundant and need significant overhaul or replacement. The process is called unbuilding or, if youre a bit highfalutin,...

Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to argue you are more likely to commit crimes

Jan 21, 2020 01:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

How similar do you think you are to your second cousin? Or your estranged great aunt? Would you like to have people assess your behaviour from what your great aunt has done? How would you feel if courts used data gained...

CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here's why that's a bad idea

Jan 21, 2020 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law

Most of our laws are dense, obscure and effectively unintelligible for most people (even some lawyers). In a country where, every year, 25% of the population face serious legal issues yet often cannot afford to protect...

Telegraph's new tactic: will offering a Fitbit be enough to attract new readers?

Jan 21, 2020 01:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

The news that UK printed newspapers are continuing to lose circulation comes as no surprise, extending as it does a trend that has been gathering pace for two decades after digital media began to cannibalise print...

How international trade can unlock the potential of the cultural economy in developing countries

Jan 21, 2020 01:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

There is growing interest in the creative economy in emerging markets in terms of its impact on employment and economic growth, as well as social and cultural impacts. In South Africa, for example, a recent study by the...