Batley and Spen
Uncertain times in Labour’s rugby league heartlands
The Labour Party and Rugby League have been central to the lives of working-class people in Batley for over a century. But for how much longer?
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Marble arch
The Marbles bind us to Europe; losing them won’t make us more European
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
