A fighting self-belief
Defending Europe without Christianity?

The lonely hour of the last instance
Influence and the Marxist intellectual

Career development the Bronstein way
Get ahead, get Trotsky, young man

The Thirteen Scariest People in America

Climate of change
Either we all get out, or nobody does

These are your favourite things
Defending Torchwood

You rarely come across a piece of evidence as damning for simple economism as this:

The nation’s Halloween spend has increased by a factor of 10 since 2001 and reached £120 million last year, according to Woolworths. It is anticipating a 30 per cent increase this year.

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The worst is the best too
Ode to the shithole of Hackney

Bored of politics?
Have some soothing pictures of distilleries, then

Pasta and populism
Talking Czech and Slovak elections