David Mitchell
Matters of life and death
John Self reviews Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams, and The End of Me by Alfred Hayes
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes