On Podcasts
Alas, a new podcast just doesn’t work
Why does the podcast exist? Vine and Hitchens never explain its purpose
A new series about an absolute cult
A charismatic narcissist, some flirty fishing, and mass delusion
The irresistible rise of the lolcows
Why are British political podcasts dominated by failed politicians and establishment journalists?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket