Claire Fox
The Marxist cell in Number 10
Adam LeBor investigates the former communist cult that has found common cause with the prime minister and the Brexiteer Conservative right
Who told Boris to make Claire Fox a peer and why?
Johnathan Ball was three years old, Tim Parry was twelve
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
