Joseph Heller
The rise and fall of Sad White Men
Novels about middle class male malaise are now considered passé but they were once both groundbreaking and shocking
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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
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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks