entropy
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
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President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Self’s the man
Will Self can be absurd and obnoxious — but also highly entertaining and insightful
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals