Hadley Freeman
Unpacking the shoeboxes of history
Robert Hutton reviews House of Glass by Hadley Freeman and Inge’s War by Svenja O’Donnell
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
