Richard Hartley

Technology, Photography & Film

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • About
    • About Richard Hartley
    • Richard Hartley’s Work
    • Location
  • Film
  • Tech
  • Digital Media
  • Publishing
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Contact

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Recasting male heroes as women risks driving boys to crime, claims Tory MP

Nick Fletcher says likes of female Doctor and 007 mean only cultural role models left for boys are criminals

Lloyd George defined ‘profiteer’ more than a century ago. It may be time to revisit it

The scandal of PPE procurement is surely reason enough for the term to be debated in parliament

Sajid Javid under pressure over share options in US health tech firm

Health secretary had said artificial intelligence will shorten waiting lists after working for AI company

The big idea: are we really so polarised?

In many democracies the political chasm seems wider than ever. But emotion, not policies, may be what actually divides us

Fifteen times more child sexual abuse material found online than 10 years ago

Experts from Internet Watch Foundation demand UK uses online safety bill to protect children

‘There was a bounty on my head’: the chilling rise of the death threat

From MPs to GPs, reality TV contestants and even teachers, it seems that anyone in public life can be made to fear for their survival. What’s behind the abuse – and how can it be stopped?

Owen Paterson resigns as MP for North Shropshire after sleaze row – as it happened

Owen Paterson says ‘I will remain a public servant but outside the cruel world of politics’ as he steps down

Tech bosses could face criminal cases over online harm, warns UK minister

Nadine Dorries issues threat to likes of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg over failure to tackle harmful algorithms

Labour hit by ‘cyber incident’ affecting members’ data

Not initially clear if any data has been stolen or if the party was the intended target

UK business rates review may tax streaming services and online goods

Netflix and Spotify, digital newspapers, ebooks plus click-and-collect goods also targeted in online sales tax

Mark Zuckerberg should quit Facebook, says Frances Haugen

Whistleblower says a new CEO should prioritise online safety over Meta restructure

Hating Peter Tatchell review – crusading activist’s greatest hits

Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry and the former archbishop of Canterbury appear in a chummy documentary recounting the gay rights activist’s most outrageous stunts and impressive achievements

Sunak isn’t planning for business – he’s budgeting for the next election

The chancellor is politically astute, but there is less substance in his investment plans than it appears

Liz Truss hires Instagram guru to battle Sunak in Tory beauty contest

Sunak’s image aims for ‘regular guy’, while Truss is more Emma Thompson meets Marine Le Pen

Priti Patel pressed to explain award of spy agencies cloud contract to Amazon

US firm Amazon Web Services to host classified material for GCHQ, MI5 and MI6, raising sovereignty concerns

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

About

  • About Richard Hartley
  • Richard Hartley’s Work
  • Location

Film & Tech News

  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls

Contact www.richardhartley.com   Terms of Use