Austen
Is Jane Austen getting a bum deal?
As the new Emma comes to cinema screens, Alexander Larman considers the innumerable Austen remakes over the past 25 years
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Scullionbait 2: This Time It’s Intersectional
Academics are attacked and AI goes intersectional
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought