Article for The Guardian on how ideas, once considered integral to policy reform, are mysteriously absent from the current crisis
‘There’s a gaping hole at the centre of British politics where ideas used to be’
‘This age of inflation reveals the sickness ailing Britain’s economy: rentier capitalism’
New comment piece in The Guardian on the cost-of-living crisis and how the economy and society has been remade to serve capital at every turn.
‘When others stay silent about the ills of British capitalism, liars like Johnson rush in’
Comment piece published in The Guardian, on Boris Johnson’s dubious claims for a new ‘economic model’.
Review of Gordon Brown’s book
I reviewed Seven Ways to Change the World by Gordon Brown for The Guardian
Review of Head Hand Heart
I reviewed David Goodhart’s new book, Head Hand Heart, for The Guardian
How the humanities became an enemy within
Op-ed published in The Guardian, on how multiple forces of reaction have taken aim at the humanities, in government, higher education and the arts.
‘A startlingly radical manifesto’
I was asked to review the Labour manifesto for The Guardian Review, alongside other writers on the other manifestos.
William Davies 