Labour Policy
Vanilla flavour Labour
Something borrowed, something blue – Keir Starmer’s vision cedes the initiative to Rishi Sunak
What would be different if Starmer was in charge?
Keir Starmer’s weakness is a lack of healthy scepticism for the wisdom of experts
The price of safety
From school face masks to how to pay for Covid – Tory MPs are getting nervous
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
