Susanna Clarke
Dividing Germany
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the emergence of rival Germanys after the Second World War
Timelessness trumps timely
What we have is pure storytelling delight, a page-turner that works forwards and backwards as the reader fills in the gaps
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?