The poet who invented Burnham’s North
On Monday we said hello to Britain’s first born-and-bred Northern prime minister since Harold Wilson. It would be fair to say that Andy Burnham has not been shy in heralding…
Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals
To become a father is to be plunged into a world of stories. Dragons, tigers, talking bears — some of them half-remembered, from when they were read to me —…
The American disaster
In 1831, at the dawn of American democracy, the French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville spent the best part of a year in the United States. His book Democracy in…
Escape from Trad-Land
In the town of St. Mary’s, Kan., a blanket party wasn’t as exciting as it might sound. St. Mary’s is the de facto US headquarters of the Society of Saint…
The great Net Zero showdown
At first glance, the new Prime Minister’s choice of Miatta Fahnbulleh as energy secretary would appear to suggest more of the same: more Net Zero, less oil and gas. Fahnbulleh…
The Democrats’ soul-healer
“We’ve become such a technocratic party that we’ve stopped spending time truly analyzing the way people are feeling,” Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democratic senator and (suspected) presidential contender, tells me…
The Democrats’ soul-healer
“We’ve become such a technocratic party that we’ve stopped spending time truly analyzing the way people are feeling,” Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democratic senator and (suspected) presidential contender, tells me…
The great Net Zero showdown
At first glance, the new Prime Minister’s choice of Miatta Fahnbulleh as energy secretary would appear to suggest more of the same: more Net Zero, less oil and gas. Fahnbulleh…
How Mayfair became an Emirate
When I want to see what piles of money look like, I walk round Berkeley Square. First there are the car showrooms — Ferrari, Bentley, Porsche — ready to absorb…
Inside Britain’s DEI police force
Andrew*, a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police, is telling me about a former trainee. “Before they join, direct-entry detectives are sold the whole Line of Duty bollocks,” he says.…