Rowan Atkinson blasts social media and blames it for widening divisions in society 

‘Cancel culture is like a medieval mob’: Rowan Atkinson blasts social media and blames it for widening divisions in society Rowan Atkinson said that he finds playing Mr Bean ‘stressful and exhausting’ The actor, 65, also said the only character he enjoyed playing was Blackadder He compared online cancel culture to ‘digital equivalent of the … Read more

Commentator and interviewer Iain Dale highlights the bitter divisions in British society

SOCIETY  Why Can’t We All Just Get Along … by Iain Dale (HarperCollins £12.99, 304pp) Say what you like about Iain Dale — and plenty do — but no one could deny that he is one of the hardest-working men in the media. Publisher, prolific author, businessman, commentator, a superb political interviewer and tireless host of … Read more

These intimidating protests will only inflame divisions across Britain, by INAYA FOLARIN IMAN 

There have been numerous demonstrations across Britain since the dramatic rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. But the one that took place in Brixton over the weekend, to mark the 186th anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery, was different.  It marked the … Read more