Maxine Peake
Shifting momentum: why Starmer sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey
There is more to RLB’s sacking than meets the eye
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs