entropy
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
Action Tom
Can Tom Tugendhat MP resolve his vibes problem?
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
