Haruki Murakami
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?