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
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?