Manchester
The anti-arts establishment
Why do we accept such moralistic philistinism?
Restaurant porn
Dress it up however you want: Hooters is selling sex
The cancelled charity boss who wants to be mayor
David Scullion speaks to Nick Buckley about his ambitions for Manchester
The fatal fear of being accused of racism
The fear of being branded a racist raises questions about the West’s ability to protect itself from islamist attacks
You’ll take it and like it
Madchester? Sadchester? No, Gladchester, thought Boris
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
