King’s College Cambridge
Simon Raven
A controversial writer who could produce work as splendid as it was scurrilous
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries