Mad Men
Welcome to the Omnistory
Why does one nihilistic narrative dominate all of culture?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact