Simone de Beauvoir
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
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Action Tom
Can Tom Tugendhat MP resolve his vibes problem?
