Tower Hamlets
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The bludgeoning of Brick Lane
Prioritising millionaires over working class communities is now standard practice for London Labourites
The final toll
Raise a glass and stay briefly silent tonight in remembrance of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
