Choice
We are being governed by economic illiterates
The establishment does not understand the relationship between producers and consumers
Delusions of choice
A near-naked stunt raises uncomfortable questions about relationships and control
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature