Dear flames
Jane Shilling plans to burn four decades of correspondence—if she can
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Exclusive: David Davis on “crony capitalism”
David Davis, the senior Conservative MP and former shadow home secretary, has launched a scathing attack on what he calls “crony capitalism” of the current government, accusing it of being “far too close” to big business and “shamelessly courting” Rupert Murdoch. Davis, who narrowly lost the leadership to David Cameron... -
Keeping watch over the sheep
"She’d got pretty good at sneaking around in the last few months. Since the injunction." A short story by Jon McGregor -
Bridging the gap
Comparing a film to a videogame is usually a form of abuse. Yet, argues Tom Chatfield, the boundaries between the two are breaking down -
Clegg’s tightrope
There was a telling moment in the press section of the audience for Nick Clegg’s question and answer session with delegates at the Lib Dem conference in Birmingham on Monday afternoon. Clegg had just dropped into the discussion a new pledge of £355m for educating girls in the poorer parts... -
The generation gap, not rap, is to blame for the riots
Prospect contributor Shiv Malik responds to David Goodhart’s web exclusive article, “The riots, the rappers and the Anglo-Jamaican tragedy” Searching for the root causes of the riots David Goodhart wrote last week: “The ‘hoodie’ culture of disaffection has told young people that their inchoate anger at the ‘power,’ the system,... -
My generation
My generation cannot afford a flat, let alone a house. Why? Because the baby boomers are making it impossible -
Tendulkar the master
Is India’s Sachin Tendulkar the greatest sportsman in the world? -
Richer, not poorer
Despite protests against pension cuts, public employees are often better off than private ones -
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