John Cryer
Labour is braced to back Brady
Labour’s whips are ready to ally with Tory rebels
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Reasons to be cheerful
A pessimist tries to summon up Christmas cheer
