Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor