Helen Oyeyemi
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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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
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own