Isolation
A theology of parties
Renewing the social spirit in an age of isolation
Splendid isolation
Patrick Galbraith laments the increasing loneliness of rural life
Amateur Educators
How the inexperienced home-schoolers are coping
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?