Where is Parliament?
If MPs cannot curb rule by decree, then they have little constitutional relevance
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
