The Observer | Review | My heartlands

From England this portrait of the Tony Blair Labour achievements. I have included it because this lady has a way with words. At turns sarcastic, nostalgic and matter-of-fact, the scenes are vivid and compelling. Some of our illusions get lost in the reading: man is not good to man when desperate and good supervision, even if draconian, will improve the Hobbesian picture of life. The Observer | Review | My heartlands