Children’s Literature
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
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
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution