TV
Should we listen to writers about their own work?
As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works
Abnormal People
The TV adaptation that reflects the falsity of campus novels
A tale of two Harrys
Adam LeBor on the sharply written TV show: The Windsors
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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
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth