British Library Crime Classics
Murders for early June
Jeremy Black’s ominous murder mystery round-up for the early summer
Murders for late February
From countryside crimes to mysteries on the waves, Jeremy Black recommends further reading from the British Library Crime Classics collection
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unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken