"A Concept Highly Malleable in Meaning"

"As the firewall between the far right and the moderate right has eroded in recent years, many of these ideas have seeped into the mainstream. Racialised ideas of belonging and identity have become accepted even by many of those formally opposed to racism."

Kenan Malik at The Guardian discusses ideas of race and ethnicity.

Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic argues that "the DEI debate is defined by Americans talking past one another."

"On Music, Style and the State of the Nation"

"'I've only been at festivals when they pay me,' he says, appalled. 'They wouldn't entice me otherwise. Stand in a field of mud and shit for hours, off my face? Doesn't appeal to me. Call me old-fashioned. I just like a roof on it.'"

Miranda Sawyer at The Observer talks with Paul Weller.

Don't Call It a Comeback

"New research by the center-right Onward think tank predicts the Tories face oblivion if the new leader does not fully break with so-called Trussonomics in favor of more economically interventionist measures which would bring jobs and growth to poorer parts of the country."

Esther Webber at Politico reports on Rishi Sunak becoming the new British prime minister.