Justification by merit alone?
The American Dream is a national theology foundered on the rocks of race and meritocracy
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Labour’s inaction on religious persecution
The Freedom of Religion or Belief brief is simply being ignored by the government
