Paul Cox
The world at my feet
D. J. Taylor recalls a time when he was the future of the English novel
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Tinker Bell, Puck, Dobby & Co.
An account of everything even the most dedicated fairy-follower could want to discover
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough