Book Review
Murders for October
A cornucopia of killings
More like a lecture
“Lessons” is Ian McEwan at his worst
A chip on his shoulder
The diaries of Chips Channon
King Charles’s ruthless revenge
Whilst the traitors are swiftly rounded up and dispatched, a handful remain at large
Violence against history
An aggressively one-sided book
The upside of the bubonic plague
Historian James Belich has no truck with the plague deniers
How Britain fell out of love with Boris
The story of a shy extrovert, an unprincipled believer, a depressive funster
Fruits of sex
Rediscovering the telos of gender
Stability and sensibility
Art between the wars
The distinctiveness of human aggression
A review of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
