Misery Lit
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
