Bad Books
Read for pleasure
Against the functionalist approach to literature
The myth of infallibility
Dispiriting as it may be, great authors are capable of writing bad books
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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
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together