Simon Lincoln Reader

The South African government is concerned by the volume of anti-transformation talk it is encountering, but it’s not really the government, as that’s supposed to

I doubt there is a face across America, Europe or Africa whose chin isn’t dripping with fake news − even if the owners of the

In November 2023 The Guardian newspaper suffered a seizure. The cause wasn’t Donald Trump, it was Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei. The newspaper wasn’t in

I’m not usually one for people’s bedrooms, but a feature of Britain’s Online Safety Act (OSA) kicks in today, meaning that mandatory age verification is

The best way to deal with scammers is to torture them emotionally. When a message lands in my social media inbox from an “Angel Hernandez”

Bidvest is exposed as discriminating against impoverished white toddlers, so Solidarity’s Chief Executive, Dirk Hermann, writes them a letter. Bidvest then responds not through its

On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang convened a press conference. She looked buggered, hungover and depressed. She didn’t break out into

Three weeks ago I met US Senator Bernie Sanders in London. He was on publicity rounds for his new book, meeting with a few crusty

In July 2023 England hosted the Australian cricket team at Lords, and a moment of curious sportsmanship on the field led to a confrontation off

I have rules I apply whenever I see an “eminent persons list”. I take the names and assess whether any of them would either lead