From Tony Blair to today’s members, the Labour world wants Burnham to shift towards Europe By Ethan Croft Tony Blair’s interventions in British politics can no longer be described as “rare”. The ...

The new Sense and Sensibility lacks the subtlety of the novel – and of previous adaptations By David Sexton The classics always need reviving; what keeps them classic is their adaptability. Even so, ...

To undo Thatcher’s legacy, Burnham must reckon with our country’s social conservatism By David Kynaston One of the many criticisms of Keir Starmer’s leadership was that he had little or no sense of ...

The Prime Minister, a classic of Victorian political fiction, is 150 years old. But what can it teach us about governing today? By Josh Glancy It’s an interesting quirk of the English literary canon ...

How the surveillance state created the aesthetic of the 2020s By Anoosh Chakelian Dressed all in black, a boy of around five hovers in the entrance of a corner shop, reaches up to grab a wedge of ...

In Swan Song, Diana’s brother claims to speak on her behalf – but his book only reveals how little he understood her ...