Tim Cooper
Tim Cooper has written for the Evening Standard, the Times and the Guardian among others.
Magic moments
A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
Rejoice, the war is over!
Remember when Keir Starmer took the knee for BLM to demonstrate his opposition to the culture war?
Small boats and big problems
The asylum issue is not going away, and Keir Starmer must face it soon
The follies of the wets
There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
The triumph of electoral sectarianism
Votes on the basis of ethnic identity are reshaping British politics