David Swift
David Swift is an author and historian whose books include The Identity Myth. He tweets at @davidswift87
The bright future of Scouse Tories
There are plenty of blues among the reds
The failure of normative power
You can’t always legislate around disagreement
The mythologised history of the Left
Nearly everything you think you know about the history of the Labour Party is false
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
Selected for greatness
Some men are born to greatness, others are parachuted into Tory safe seats
C. L. R. James and the majesty of cricket
The West Indian writer and historian knew that cricket is far more than merely a sport
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Killing the good Samaritans
In the face of monstrous violence, we are losing control of our public spaces
Poland’s border crisis belongs to the rest of Europe too
A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself