Carys Davies
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion