James Bloodworth
James Bloodworth is a journalist and author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain. @J_Bloodworth
Torn in the USA
Purpose, identity and social status, how this book reveals the three things lacking on the shop floor at Amazon
The uniquely British thing about the Labour Party
The left shouldn’t leave the people’s patriotism behind
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict