Joe Wright
Joe Wright: Auteur of awfulness
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
A very innocent man
Donald Trump is innocent squared. He never does, or is, anything by halves
Do feminists speak for all women?
To speak on behalf of women is not to speak for or over them
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
What the Conservatives can learn from Germany
The Tories should have a clean break with their past and rebuild
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Newspeak
Language, landscapes and level crossings — is there nothing we can’t diversify, if we only dare to try?