Normal People (TV Drama)
Abnormal People
The TV adaptation that reflects the falsity of campus novels
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
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We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think