Paddington
Supervisory moralism at the cinema
The films of Paul King manage thorny political problems through children’s fantasies
Britain must escape the clutches of cringe
We have nothing to lose but our Paddington toys
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read