Robert Burton
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull