Steven Bartlett
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead