
The best books of 2018
Hilary Mantel, Andrew Marr, Francis Fukuyama, Michael Sandel, Nicola Sturgeon, Clive James and many others choose their books of…
ByHilary Mantel, Andrew Marr, Francis Fukuyama, Michael Sandel, Nicola Sturgeon, Clive James and many others choose their books of…
ByRobin Robertson has won this year’s Goldsmiths Prize, in association with the New Statesman, for his verse novel The…
ByDon’t be duped by anyone selling Outlaw King as earnest political drama: it’s silly, over the top and absurd.
ByLike Bennett as a playwright, the play has deepened with time.
ByPlus: Running Wild with Bear Grylls.
ByBritish speakers are importing terms and analytical frames from the US, regardless of how well they actually fit our…
ByAs a precocious tabloid editor, bullish presenter, friend of Trump and Twitter provocateur, Morgan has found the fame he…
ByBoris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and their allies propagate a confused nostalgic fantasy of “global Britain”, wartime heroism and an…
ByPlus: The Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
ByA Tesco spokesman tells me the company hasn’t sold them for “many, many years”.
ByEither his team did not feel confident enough to mention the coat, or they did – and he ignored…
ByNow I was going to stay at the BBC, I had to do an intensive and radical rewrite of…
By“Would you mind if I put you on hold, please? I need to talk to someone about this.” I get…
ByThe the 5p charge introduced in 2015 has been spectacularly successful, plastic bag consumption has fallen by 85 per…
ByWhen millennial women opened Instagram they were met with “feminist” influencers posting from the show, describing how “empowered” they felt.
ByThe author and essayist on London in the 1890s, Beatles trivia, and James Bond.
ByOnly the top 5 per cent will pay more. The left has the chance to build a majoritarian base…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByConspiracy and modern anti-Semitism are deeply irrational world-views that developed in tandem and are almost impossible to disentangle.
ByLabour backbenchers know the fate of the country is in their hands – and that rolling the dice has…
ByThe “other” Johnson sibling’s introduction of the TEF for universities has created a hollowed-out, managerial culture for those in academia.
ByAlthough acquitted of blasphemy, Bibi’s life remains in permanent danger as long as she remains in Pakistan.
ByRather than merely taxing the rich more heavily, Labour and other parties should turn their focus on unearned income…
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