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Pick for Britain!
…as long as you’re not from the UK. How the government has gaslit British workers
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
The decline of the humanist movement
The puritanical secularism of the American Humanist Association is a stark departure from the founding principles of humanism
Betraying the green belt
The proposals to develop and build on the West Yorkshire moors is an act of vandalism which should be abhorrent to all who identify as conservative
Riotous isle of vanilla gangsters, lemurs and a DJ president
In his new book on Madagascar, John Gimlette tells of trouble in paradise
Napoleon Bonaparte: The man behind the myth
Olivia Hartley and Dr Arabella Byrne talk about Napoleon’s legacy and why the French love anniversaries
Hartlepool and the dignity of Labour
After losing Hartlepool to the Conservatives, the Labour Party would do well to take heed of Jon Cruddas’s new book
Truman and Tennessee: an unlikely friendship
Michael Collins maps the relationship between two of the greatest writers of the American south
The perils of privilege
Musa Okwonga’s memoir about his time at Eton is a confused account of having access to everywhere but belonging nowhere
The fundamental truths of fiction
Kit Wilson says the slow atrophy of the English novel is contributing to a decline in empathy and the rise of tribalism, trolling and “stay in your lane” identity politics