Should religious leaders tell you who to vote for? Rabbi Jonathan Romain has written to his congregation urging them to vote tactically against Labour. I'm not sure it's right...

Giles Fraser

01.11

Becoming formed as well as informed As another election gets going, it's not just information that matters

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, October 31

31.10

The real horror of Halloween Watch out for cars more than ghosts this halloween eve

Peter Franklin

31.10

Spare a thought for the troops whose Christmas just got cancelled The Christmas election is having consequences beyond Westminster

Eleanor Doughty

31.10

Workington Man must be one part of a coalition Onward director Will Tanner responds to Freddie Sayers on the 'Belonging in Politics' report...

Will Tanner

31.10

Obama’s warning on wokeness The former president upsets everybody with an important message

Libby Emmons

Wednesday, October 30

30.10

What about Workington Woman? A new report on 'Workington man' is interesting, but there's no mention of women

Freddie Sayers

30.10

The real reason why people hate vegans The hostility that vegans get from their ‘own side’ is especially intriguing...

Peter Franklin

Tuesday, October 29

29.10

Rory Stewart on Love, Brexit and Boris Johnson Rory Stewart talks to Freddie Sayers about love, Brexit and how Boris Johnson made him feel like an abused wife

Freddie Sayers

29.10

Democratic attitudes to Israel are shifting Listening from Israel, is was hard not to be aware of the gap that exists between US Democrats and the sorts of conversations being had among politicians over here

Giles Fraser

Monday, October 28

28.10

Trouble in Umbria as Salvini soars Italian regional elections aren't exactly headline news in the UK, but what happened in Umbria this weekend matters.

Peter Franklin

28.10

Will climate sceptics save us from global warming? A new report suggests that climate sceptics have more pro-environmental habits than climate activists

Mary Harrington

28.10

‘Never apologise, never explain’ turns out to be right A new study from Columbia University suggests that public figures who apologise are more likely to seen as needing punishment

Ed West

28.10

How capitalism replaced religion Eugene McCarraher's book has been hailed as 'a landmark in American cultural and intellectual history'

Giles Fraser

Saturday, October 26

26.10

Blake’s visionary imagination Jenny Uglow reviews the current William Blake exhibition at the Tate Britain, in this week’s long read pick...

Mary Harrington

Friday, October 25

25.10

Did Oasis cause Manchester’s 21st-century economic boom? One thing I left out of my article on “soft power” the other day was music...

Ed West

25.10

Grace Blakeley: What the Left can learn from Thatcher Freddie Sayers talks to the Left-wing economics writer about what her plans would mean in the real world

Freddie Sayers

25.10

Do Leave voters really think ‘violence is a price worth paying’? The media is constantly saying things about how Brexit extremism and violence and it usually turns out to be overstated

Tom Chivers

25.10

Woke students should think again about jazz hands Oxford University students are moving to encourage jazz hands instead of clapping. But is it actually politically correct?

Giles Fraser

25.10

WeWork tells us what works in the wider economy Could a renewed loss of confidence in the tech sector tip the entire economy into recession?...

Peter Franklin

Thursday, October 24

24.10

Liberals against democracy? Don't miss this magnificently provocative essay from John Gray in the New Statesman..

Peter Franklin

24.10

Five demolished buildings we should rebuild How about nominating buildings that were destroyed in the 20th century by cultural vandals of both the German and British variety, and rebuilding them?

Ed West

24.10

MPs can’t be crybabies Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick revealed on the Victoria Derbyshire programme that some MPs had been in tears during Saturday’s parliamentary sitting — I have to say I find it all a bit feeble....

Paul Embery

Wednesday, October 23

23.10

Time for our political packages to be re-sorted I have been doing some online dating recently which gives you a lot of practise in presenting yourself and in noticing tribal politics in other people.

David Goodhart

23.10

Are Americans becoming less Christian? While Britain and France are way ahead on the path of godlessness, the recent drop in Christian religious identification in the US is pretty staggering...

Ed West

23.10

Northern Ireland could still have MEPs after Brexit Northern Ireland may well have the option to petition The European Courts to have representation in the European Parliament through the continued election of MEPs...

Phillip Blond

Tuesday, October 22

22.10

Watership Down reveals the radical centre, rabbit-style The rabbits of Watership Down, in escaping their doomed warren and seeking to found a new one, show the way to a new political order

Freddie Sayers

22.10

John Simpson’s two thirds idea is half-baked The veteran BBC broadcaster suggests a new supermajority rule - but has he thought it through?

Peter Franklin

22.10

What will singleton society do to politics? More than a third of households now consist of someone living alone...

Ed West

Monday, October 21

21.10

The truth about immigration in Sweden Freddie Sayers talks to Swedish activist Siavosh Derakhti about antisemitism and violence in Malmö

Freddie Sayers

21.10

Will the EU shut down its tax havens? New analysis confirms Ireland is the EU's home grown tax haven

Peter Franklin

21.10

Why I baptised my son without asking him first Liberal arguments against baptism misunderstand the nature of faith...

Giles Fraser