Sontag
Among the deathworks
On culturing culture
The all-round smart cookie with a tin ear
Sontag’s influential pieces are rather fewer than this book’s breezeblock dimensions might suggest
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
