The humbling of Theresa May
The Prime Minister has lost all authority. The Tories will remove her as soon as they feel the time…
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The zombie PM
Madeleines
A new poem by Gary Allen.
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How the fire at Grenfell Tower exposed the ugly side of the housing boom
Nobody consciously chose to harm those at the bottom of society, but governing in the interests of the rich…
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What Marx got right
...and what he got wrong.
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Mark Strong Q&A: “I suspected playing a barrister was more fun than being one“
The actor talks David Bowie, studying law, and his favourite Simpsons episode.
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My companion in a pod on the London Eye was none other than Death, destroyer of worlds
"The general would like to see the big wheel."
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Watching Bob Dylan on stage made me yearn for the gigs of my youth
Somewhere along the line, I’d lost the punky irreverence that made me delight in iconoclasm for its own sake.
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If only I could wangle a job in the John Lewis menswear department I’d get to say, “Suits you, sir”
I’m afraid I am going to have to stick to writing.
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Cones and cocaine: the ice cream van’s links with organised crime
A cold war is brewing to the tinkling of "Greensleeves".
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Radio as shelter: Grenfell Tower was too frightening to look at
No song seemed to fit the mood on Hayes FM.
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Who Should We Let In? pulls the rug from beneath its viewers’ complacent feet
A gold star for Ian Hislop's BBC2 immigration documentary.
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Okja begins as a buddy flick – but ends up in the slaughterhouse
Korean director Bong Joon-ho works with British co-writer Jon Ronson on this tale of genetically engineered superpigs.
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Special Brew with George
My time in the gutter taught me how much the homeless deserve our compassion.
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The Gallows Pole’s ultra-violence turns reading into a kind of dare
Author Benjamin Myers's capacity for the grotesque is constantly threatening to breach your tolerance of it.
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Survival of the smallest: the contested history of the English short story
Reports of the form’s death – and rebirth – have always been greatly exaggerated.
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Wilderness and wastelands in Rick Bass’s hypnotic short stories
Hopefully, For a Little While will bring the American author the UK recognition he deserves.
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Who’s the daddy? Two memoirs that examine the complexities of fatherhood
Both Fathers and Sons by Howard Cunnell and Fathers by Sam Miller chase what can never really be known.
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Social media tome #Republic questions the wisdom of crowds
Cass R Sunstein explores how insulation pushes groups towards more extreme opinions.
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The Evolution of Beauty reveals the true power of sexual attraction
Richard O Prum's book mimics the literary output of Charles Darwin.
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That’s the Way It Crumbles: Matthew Engel explores Americanisms
The author is especially vexed by the barbarous locution “wake-up call”.
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Mirror mirror: Will Storr’s Selfie charts the history of self-obsession
We all want to discover who we truly are – but what happens when we don't like what we…
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Brexit Big Brother is watching: how media moguls control the news
I know the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph well, and I don’t care to see them like this.
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Commons Confidential: Jeremy in Jerusalem
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The new French revolution: how En Marche! disrupted politics
The rise of Emmanuel Macron's party has shattered the accepted wisdom.
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Why the past 12 months have been the worst of my lifetime
We desperately need a return to calm and moderation.
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Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn sitting down with President Bernie Sanders no longer sounds so outlandish
Both men have a certain authenticity and unpretentiousness that their rivals lack.
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Jeremy Corbyn faces a dilemma as Brexit solidifies: which half of his voters should he disappoint?
He comes from a tradition on the left that sees the EU as a capitalist club.
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Hyper-partisan Corbynite websites show how the left can beat the tabloids online
If I were a young Tory looking forward to a long career, I’d be worried.
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Anti-Corbyn MPs thought the election would be Labour’s apocalypse. So, now what?
"I used to think that what I believed to be right was also popular."
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From hard to soft to the “people’s Brexit”: Theresa May’s Britain is in one hell of a frightful mess
Nobody told me there’d be days like these.
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Leader: After Grenfell
The fraying of Britain’s public realm risks further tragedies.
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“Every day is Holocaust Day to me”: concentration camp survivor Ed Mosberg on reliving trauma
After giving testimony in the film Destination Unknown 72 years after liberation, one of the last Holocaust survivors discusses why he…
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