M R James
A warning to the curious
Why M R James is still the greatest ghost story writer
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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
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications