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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear