Waitrose
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable