Luke Barley
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
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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
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses