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
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived