Monica Ali
A return, a reissue, a brilliant new voice
The best, and the not-so-great, new fiction to read this month
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
