A new chapter for Britain
Vanilla flavour Labour
Something borrowed, something blue – Keir Starmer’s vision cedes the initiative to Rishi Sunak
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven