Subjects that raise in the writer a cold fury often make for very strong columns indeed. It was subsequently outlawed and the ban kicks in next year. At the other end of public life, the ever scalpel-sharp Melanie McDonagh hauls Sir Keir Starmer over the coals for his immigration policies - or lack of them.Īs for the Government, in July the talented Tomiwa Owolade was one of the first writers to call for a ban on the dangerous American bully XL. Her column here touches on David Bowie and what it was like to grow up among paedophiles and fleas. People sneered, Anna writes in her typically insightful piece, because the Beckhams were considered fair game as they were working class.Īn artist’s eye view is a rare thing in the British press and there’s nobody writing like Tracey Emin. They were so successful in the World Cup, but why, Nimco asks, was our team so very white?Īnna van Praagh, our chief content officer, takes on those who have mocked the Beckhams over the years - the great British public. The fearless Nimco Ali broaches the difficult, but important subject of race, looking at the Lionesses. The impeccably-informed Anne McElvoy writes about the struggles of Harry and Meghan when, having launched broadsides against the royals, they found the grace-and-favour Frogmore cottage whisked away from them. The second strand clear in our columns is musings on British life, London being one of the least parochial places in the country. George Chesterton writes with power and clarity about the horror of seeing people on our streets celebrating Hamas’s murderous attacks on October 7. Meanwhile our new columnist Fat Tony takes Selfridges to task for its terrible dog policies - indeed, after his piece the store changed its policy.īeyond annoyances, though, London has its darker sides. Rachel Johnson aims both barrels at hand-holding, nannying London - a city now a world away from the Bohemian wildness of old. The silver lining to this is that it provides golden material for our talented columnists to make hay with. Her column is a beautiful picture of what that really entails.įor those who stay, London life can be maddening. She realised a dream most of us have had (in the dark watches of the night at least) of leaving London and starting afresh.

Tanya Gold looks at housing from the other end of the telescope.

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