Novara Media’s Best Books of 2024
Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar
Aaron and Ash share their picks of the year.
Contributor
Aaron Bastani
Aaron Bastani is a Novara Media contributing editor and co-founder.
Articles
Starmer’s Conference Speech Was Utterly Vacuous
Aaron Bastani
Does he realise he's prime minister?
The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why
Aaron Bastani
British centrism just isn't that interesting.
If Keir Starmer Wants to Avoid Government Misspending, He Should Pay Local Media to Expose It
Aaron Bastani
Local outlets call out bad decision-making.
Southern England Needs Metro Mayors
Aaron Bastani
The south has no cities outside the M25, apparently.
The Greens’ Rise Seems Unstoppable. How Are They Doing It?
Aaron Bastani
Slow and steady wins the race.
Nigel Farage Has Spotted a Major Gap in the Political Market
Aaron Bastani
If Britain really is a nation of shopkeepers, Reform UK wants to be their tribune.
In Starmer’s Labour, Only ‘Zionist Shitlords’ Are Welcome
Aaron Bastani
Buckle up, folks.
I Would Have Voted for George Galloway, But Then He Said Gay People Aren’t ‘Normal’
Aaron Bastani
‘Prejudice and stigma around gender or sexuality is a red line for me.’
How One Councillor’s Vote Saved Portsmouth Port From Privatisation
Aaron Bastani
Few know Syd Rapson, but he made the city millions.
The Dune Films Are the Most Important of the 2020s. But Not for the Reasons You Think
Aaron Bastani
Technology isn't destiny.
Britain’s Future Depends on Its Smaller Cities
Aaron Bastani
Urbanism is central to our national DNA.
Downstream
Who Really Funds the Institute of Economic Affairs?
Devolution, trickle-down economics and Thatcherite ideology.
Woke Capitalism Just Collapsed. Here’s Why
Liberal elites are lost.
Germany, Russia and the Death of Europe
Why has the ‘German Miracle’ come to such a sharp end?
Humans Could Become Immortal This Century
The end of death is nigh.
Trains Are Better Than Cars. Here’s Why
On the false hope of electric vehicles, the Hyperloop scam and why Rachel Reeves doesn’t understand potholes.
Is the West Heading for Civilisational Collapse?
What historians have got wrong about the collapse of the Roman Empire sheds much light on the current state of western civilisation, according to the authors of How Empires Fall.
Israel Is Not Interested in Peace
A short history of the Israel-Palestine conflict by Ilan Pappé.
Insects Are Disappearing and We Should Be Very Worried
Britain’s leading entomologist on the insect apocalypse.
The Tories Are Done and They Won’t Be Coming Back
The Telegraph’s former chief political correspondent speaks to Aaron Bastani about the collapse of the Conservative party.