Book of the Day The memeification of George Orwell The writer has become a national treasure, moral arbiter and begetter of biographies: do we need a new one? By Robert Colls
Book of the Day From spy to journalist to celebrated poet: the curious life of Basil Bunting By Robert Colls
How Britain was built on coal The mining industry once defined the nation. Its absence still haunts today’s politics. By Robert Colls
The terrible beauty of boxing We have known about the consequences of professional boxing for at least a hundred years. Few are spared. By Robert Colls
When red walls come tumbling down Why “take back control” was on people’s minds long before Dominic Cummings. By Robert Colls
Where are we now? The Prime Minister is more popular as a leader than progressives would wish – but does he know his… By Robert Colls
What sport teaches us about who we are and where we belong Patriotism as most British people understand it is more like the old street football than belief in an ideology… By Robert Colls
What it’s like to be locked down in Leicester The city has knuckled down. Many feel bamboozled by the figures. People can’t know whether they’ve been picked on… By Robert Colls
An appeal from Old Labour to Corbynite Labour “Political problems do not primarily concern truth or falsehood. They relate to good or evil. What in the result… By Robert Colls
What Jeremy Corbyn can learn from Orwell Corbyn’s ideas may echo George Orwell’s – but they’d need Orwell’s Britain to work. It’s time Corbyn accepted the… By Robert Colls