Jonathan Bowden
Mad, genius?
A new book attempts to untangle a right-wing mystery
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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 hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined