Elmore Leonard
Small lives and violent deaths
Not so much nailing down a topic as pricking it with a thousand needles
Murders for September
The best and worst crime fiction for September
Murders for May
A look at some murderously good talent and some old re-releases
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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 martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan