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?
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
