The short version
- We only set cookies the site needs to work.
- No advertising cookies and no cross-site tracking.
- Our visitor statistics (Plausible) use no cookies, so there's nothing to consent to.
- We don't embed players or videos that set their own cookies.
What cookies are
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Some are essential, like keeping you signed in. Others follow you across sites for advertising. We only use the first kind.
Cookies we set
| Name | Purpose | Type | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
newsroom-session |
Remembers your visit as you move between pages, for example while you fill in a form | Essential | 2 hours after your last visit |
XSRF-TOKEN |
Protects forms, like signing up and submitting a link, from cross-site request forgery | Essential | 2 hours after your last visit |
remember_reader_… |
Keeps you signed in between visits. Only set when you sign in, and removed when you sign out | Essential | 400 days, or when you sign out |
__cf_bm |
Set by Cloudflare, which protects the site, to tell people from automated bots. It doesn't identify you | Essential | 30 minutes |
Essential cookies don't need consent under UK law (PECR), which is why there's no cookie banner.
Cloudflare's cookie is covered by Cloudflare's own cookie policy.
Analytics
We use Plausible Analytics to count visits: which pages are read, where readers come from and roughly which country. Plausible sets no cookies, doesn't store your IP address, and can't recognise you on another day or another site, so it needs no consent.
We also count how many times each link in the newsletter is clicked, in total, on our own server and without identifying anyone.
Embedded content
We don't currently embed podcast players, videos or other content that loads from another site. If we add them, they'll show as placeholders and only load from the provider when you press play, and we'll update this page.
Managing cookies
You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. If you block essential cookies, signing in and submitting forms won't work.
Changes
If we ever add cookies that aren't essential, we'll ask for your consent first and update this page.