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A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
How Labour lost the “unlosable election”
With living standards in decline, the Tories won in 1992 against the odds. Will this next election be the same?
Le Pen surging as France prepares to go to the polls
France’s establishment parties are nowhere in Sunday’s election
Stormont desperately needs reform
The interests of Northern Irish voters are being sacrificed to the perceived needs of the peace process
Newly-minted mission statements
The Brexit coin takes bogus aspiration as part-ambition, part-accomplishment
How to become a cult writer
What does it take for an author to become idolised way beyond their literary merit?
Timely reminder of the true price of oil
‘Disorder’ argues convincingly that world history now hinges on the price of oil
A heartbreaking work of staggering narcissism
Grace Lavery reveals the delusions of transgender ideology
Do we really need so many stage adaptations of novels?
There’s much that can go wrong when the drama of a book is transferred to the stage
Bring back Victorian YIMBY-ism
We cling to the buildings our 19th century forebears left behind, but they would decry our squeamishness