Book Review
First find your clique …
Whatever one’s attachment to noble causes, it’s more fun to write for the right-wing press
A thoughtful old-fashioned rambler
George Orwell’s gardening prowess comes as a surprise
Dissection of a doomed doctrine
By 2016, the once hegemonic neoliberal order came apart
Interesting times
The problem with low interest rates
Not necessarily the end of the world
The biggest existential threat to humans is now humanity
Swansongs and southern discomfort
Three new novels plough the furrow between popular and literary fiction
Head boy and head-scratchers
Come autumn, competing literary establishments parade their best
The boy who would be King of the World
Alex Rowson treats us to glimmering passages of life at Philip II’s court
A literary master of wine
There’s a gap in the market for Andrew Jefford’s next great book
A flawed blueprint for the Left
How far can the Left’s project succeed without its totemic leader?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid