Simon Mason
Murders for September
The best and worst crime fiction for September
Murders for June
The longer days can be just as dark
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Rock star variations
Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street