Demography
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Why Essex is Britain’s most right-wing county
Essex is both traditionalist and highly entrepreneurial
Immigration policy needs a reality check
On average, migrants from different backgrounds have different outcomes
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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
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer