Patrick Maguire
Patrick Maguire is political correspondent of the New Statesman and co-author of Left Out, on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party, to be published by Bodley Head in September
The Man Within
Expect Starmerism to make much more sense in practice than in theory
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Sherlock Holmes and the BBC bias
Eamonn Holmes will get to the bottom of the mystery of what happened to his career
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius