Sinclair Lewis
The rise and fall of Sad White Men
Novels about middle class male malaise are now considered passé but they were once both groundbreaking and shocking
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
