While we’re thinking Big Thoughts about what to do after the last press wheezes to its end, I thought I’d share this funny graf about newspapermen from James Lileks, newspaperman: You can’t avoid ...

Hector sends an essay from the same New York Times blog as yesterday’s Mommy Meanest post; this one has a feminist mommy complaining that she doesn’t want her little boy to learn to be a “gentleman.” ...

Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve indulged in economic apocalypticism in this space. Here it is: short, strong, and oh-so dark and bitter. Excerpts: We are nearing the end of a period of 250 ...

A 'painful' Budget awaits this autumn and things will get 'worse before they get better', Sir Keir Starmer warned this week. But is Labour taking a risk projecting such a gloomy outlook? Political Fix ...

Labour party leader criticises speech as ‘admission that government has no faith in Britain’s ability to avert decline’ Starmer said there should been a planning bill in the king’s speech. He ...