Meg Mason
Contemporary writing with a twist and a tug
In this month’s fiction selection, John Self discovers novels that successfully use their style to enhance rather than simply describe the story
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety