Erin O’Toole
The rediscovery of red Toryism
Could the Canadian Conservatives teach the Tories how to hold onto power?
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
