Sunday 5 July 2009

 

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Alan Milburn gives his first interview since Brown became PM, and tells Fraser Nelson that Gordon has converted to Blairism too late. Something new is needed now

Labour’s U-turn on social housing for non-immigrants is welcome but too late

Rod Liddle says that metropolitan liberal ideology is too deeply ingrained in local councils, social services and the judiciary to be overturned by one panic measure driven by Labour’s sudden fear of the BNP

To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with

To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with

Cass Sunstein — co-author of the hugely influential Nudge and an adviser to President Obama — unveils his new theory of ‘group polarisation’, and explains why, when like-minded people spend time with each other, their views become not only more confident but more extreme

Who would have thought a herd could moonwalk?

Who would have thought a herd could moonwalk?

The acclaimed web theorist, Mark Earls, says that the death of Michael Jackson unleashed the extremes of collective action: mass mourning and sick jokes

A splendid lunch with Jimmy McNulty

A splendid lunch with Jimmy McNulty

In the first of an occasional series of interviews over meals, Deborah Ross talks to Dominic West about The Wire and the challenge to an Old Etonian of playing an American cop

Arts

Brutal truth

Brutal truth

Personally, I felt inclined to blame it on the boogie.

Omega  watch

Omega watch

Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913–19
Courtauld Institute, until 20 September

Books

Desolation by the sea

Desolation by the sea

This is How, by M. J. Hoyland

Transcontinental satires

Transcontinental satires

Jerusalem, by Patrick Neate

Style & Travel

The Grand Tours<br />

The Grand Tours

Charlotte Metcalf reports on the art you can enjoy on your travels this year

In love with Aphrodite Hills

In love with Aphrodite Hills

Kate Newman relaxes in a sophisticated ‘CentreParcs’ on Cyprus


Spectator Book Club
In this week's issue

To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with

Cass Sunstein — co-author of the hugely influential Nudge and an adviser to President Obama — unveils his new theory of ‘group polarisation’, and explains why, when like-minded people spend time with each other, their views become not only more confident but more extreme

Cass Sunstein

Who would have thought a herd could moonwalk?

The acclaimed web theorist, Mark Earls, says that the death of Michael Jackson unleashed the extremes of collective action: mass mourning and sick jokes

Mark Earls

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