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Iowa notebook
The Iowa State Fair ‘Donnnaaallldd!!! Donnnaaaaallldd!!!’ Donald Trump was surrounded by fans. He looked happy. He took a bite out of…
Capitalism’s true enemies
The far left can’t win – unless it has the aid of a callous and complacent right
Don’t act white, act migrant
Black British boys are being held back by fear of betraying their background. Immigrant children know how to deal with that
Peer review
Something needs to be done about the overstuffed House of Lords
‘With Your Wings’
A lost short story by John Steinbeck
Antigua
‘Tourism, tourism and tourism,’ said my Antiguan cab driver, when I asked what the country’s main industries were. Still, it’s…
Hills
As soon as you stop and rest you see more hills ahead, Great chains of hills to some improbable horizon.…
Antigua
‘Tourism, tourism and tourism,’ said my Antiguan cab driver, when I asked what the country’s main industries were. Still, it’s…
Hills
As soon as you stop and rest you see more hills ahead, Great chains of hills to some improbable horizon.…
Exit the dragon
China’s long boom may finally be ending. The consequences for the world will be profound
Recombobulation
My fiancé has coined a word for Saturday recuperation which describes what much of the world does to allay its…
Who’s running Libya?
Certainly not the government that Cameron hopes will help fix the migrant crisis. He’d be better off talking to my old driver
The spies we left in the cold
Is MI5 neglecting its duty towards ex-informers?
Best of enemies
Why nothing in sport beats thrashing the Aussies at cricket
Labour’s losing instinct
The party always swings left after defeats. But this time is worse
Flashmob rule
It is the duty of MPs to resist Twitter storms and online petitions
Old boys’ network
I'm 43. Why do I still not refer to myself as a man?
Hamburg
‘What was it like growing up in Liverpool?’ a journalist asked John Lennon. ‘I didn’t grow up in Liverpool,’ he…
Recombobulation
My fiancé has coined a word for Saturday recuperation which describes what much of the world does to allay its…
Recombobulation
My fiancé has coined a word for Saturday recuperation which describes what much of the world does to allay its…
Hamburg
‘What was it like growing up in Liverpool?’ a journalist asked John Lennon. ‘I didn’t grow up in Liverpool,’ he…
A real rescue plan
It’s lazy and wrong just to focus on the migrants who make it here
Days
when you weren’t anyone. Days gone undercover. Days half-dead in half-light, days under the covers. Days hoping for a dawn…
Students against abortion
Young people are becoming more pro-life
Man of many worlds
Cult novelist Michael Moorcock on fantasy, his father, and the London he loved and lost
