Ian Murray
What Labour owes to Scotland
Can Keir Starmer succeed without the land of Keir Hardie?
The rules of secession
The rules for calling and winning referenda should be set in law
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
In defence of Elon Musk
Open debate might be messy but it is essential
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Why so few men take up the pen
With publishing now such a female-dominated industry, it’s no surprise that there are so few men writing fiction
The porn Olympics
Porn puts young men and women in a degrading race that most of them are doomed to lose — so why are athletes lending it credibility?
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
A very innocent man
Donald Trump is innocent squared. He never does, or is, anything by halves
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
Boiling the British frog
Decline is a process, not a moment
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
