Beat Generation
Betjeman the beat poet
Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Return to SENDer
Labour has created a real chance to reform SEND, writes Zachary Marsh — but will it take it?
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?