Marian Engel
The enduring power of brief encounters
A trio of novels that are connected by their surprising manner of finding their way to us
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
