Working Man’s Hair Specialist, Bolton Open Market, 1937, by Humphrey Spender.

The populist Right marches on, while a beleaguered Left struggles to be heard. First piece as Contributing Editor UnHerd 👇👇👇 unherd.com/2025/09/how-st…

It’s almost impressive that - despite almost 200 years of evidence to the contrary - from ‘visible hand’ of Prussia’s state-led development and List, to Japan’s state-enabled Zaibatsu, & China today, that Britain’s economic liberals think the state can’t assist market actors.

lad Wrote on “Burnhamism” for UnHerd. Link below.👇 lad

Trump: Rigged election. *points to Erdogan* He knows about rigged elections better than anybody.

Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel ‘will stand alone if necessary’. The signs that a grand compromise might be reached are not promising, writes David Swift👇 buff.ly/5VVuYEc

Starmer speech on Hillsborough Law just now one of the most assured I’ve ever seen him give. Close aides say this unprecedented legislation for govt transparency makes the best case for his leadership: wouldn’t have existed had he not driven it through strong Whitehall opposition

Starmer is obviously not a worse PM than Johnson or Truss. And unpopularity doesn’t mean you can’t do some good (ask Brown). But two things clear: 1) Starmer can’t fight next election 2) Gov should actually try courting popularity of ordinary people, not right-wing news editors

predictable seeing some self proclaimed socialists attack Gary over this. In s wales we are now in the fight of our lives to stop reform winning in labour heartlands-presumably we should scream at people on the doorstep, call them bigots? Not engage with them? Unserious children

The Produce Exchange Building, Victoria Street, opened on 7th October 1902. #HeritageLiverpool

Re English degrees - as a student Katherine Rundell read Donne's most difficult poem. It gave her an idea for a children's book. Yesterday Disney announced a monster deal for that book. So that English degree will soon create and sustain thousands of highly skilled UK jobs.

The Church of England have allowed local graffiti artists to adorn the interior of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, too. "There is a deep rawness to the material," said the local dean.

A quick reminder of why polls conducted several years before a general election are so valuable.

Photos from just before the Albert Dock was redeveloped in the mid 80's. I'm sure it looks better now...1/2 #liverpoolalbertdock Angies Liverpool K E V yoliverpool

This is beautifully made and well worth watching.

Both Israel and Hamas are accusing one another of violating the ceasefire. ‘Low-level’ violence is likely to continue in the Strip, writes David Swift👇 buff.ly/jj79x0N

Great title for this Jacobin article Bhaskar Sunkara jacobin.com/2025/09/your-p…

Reform "have only managed to get a third of the vote. Given their immense resources, disproportionate media attention and overwhelmingly favourable social media algorithms, they should be embarrassed by this result."