The End of October
Lawrence Wright’s pandemic prescience
An interview with the man who saw it coming
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak