Richard Powers
The satisfaction of small pleasures
The most anticipated book of the year, a Booker Prize nominee and a posthumous release: John Self on three new, big releases this month
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Money troubles
At stake is the fate of the most-watched football league in the world
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
