How the Bank broke the Government
By letting a rickety asset class grow like topsy, the Bank of England created the crisis blamed on the mini-budget
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
