Oliver Keens

Just as there are trends in life, there are also trends in death. Research suggests the act of having a funeral is in decline, but Oliver Keens suggests there is both joy and necessary pain in the informal ways we mark death today

Clubs are closing, people complain about the sound of children playing, and the police are ready to enforce the code of joylessness. Oliver Keens watches a grim new order taking shape

Is your boyfriend taking too many photos of your food for the ’gram? Is your girlfriend using you as a litmus test for their Twitter opinions? Would these problems be solved by just not following your loved ones on social media, asks Oliver Keens

Mainstream menswear is often basic and functional, while ‘well-dressed’ men are praised for wearing clean clothes that fit. But, asks Oliver Keens, what if a man wants to dress sexy?

A new documentary produced by Public Enemy’s Chuck D traces the growth of a musical phenomenon but, says Oliver Keens, it fails to confront the genre’s misogyny, homophobia and abuse scandals

Even though sales went up 500 per cent during the pandemic, the sex toy market has yet to penetrate men. Are we tired of bad innuendo and terrible products, wonders Oliver Keens, or are men really as in denial as some women think?

Even though sales went up 500 per cent during the pandemic, the sex toy market has yet to penetrate men. Are we tired of bad innuendo and terrible products, wonders Oliver Keens, or are men really as in denial as some women think?

Cheating will always be a gut-wrenchingly awful thing to do. Yet we seem more relaxed than ever when the great and good have done it. Oliver Keens asks: has our morality changed or are we just too deferential, confused or downright hypocritical to discuss it any more?

Cheating will always be a gut-wrenchingly awful thing to do. Yet we seem more relaxed than ever when the great and good have done it. Oliver Keens asks: has our morality changed or are we just too deferential, confused or downright hypocritical to discuss it any more?

Rupert Murdoch’s new British TV channel promised ‘straight talking’, but Oliver Keens watched its presenters, including flagship host Piers Morgan, steer clear of the difficult questions