Helen Garner
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama