Daniel Mendelsohn
Accost in translation
Each new rendering must make the case for its superiority to previous versions
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy