Crime Series
A very English take on espionage
Alexander Larman on the newest release in Mick Herron’s best-selling and critically acclaimed Jackson Lamb crime series: Slough House
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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
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away