Journalism happens, first and foremost, for democracy. The function of journalism is to hold those with power to account, and inform the public. It can also entertain, and be a venue for opinion and debate.

The academic year has started again, so I'm back to studying. Today I had the first class of a subject on contemporary political theory, and a key theme was the crisis in identity that political theory is experiencing. This is especially in respect to its supposed object, politics.