The Spectator

Here is a selection of articles and discussions from this week on Spectator.co.uk... Most read: James Forsyth on Jeremy Hunt's troubles. Most discussed: Fraser Nelson on whether Ed Balls caused the recession.  Most shared: Jonathan Jones on Ed Miliband's increasing popularity. And the best of the rest... Fraser Nelson thinks Ed Balls's economic argument is detached from reality. James Forsyth thinks the economy is adding to Cameron's woes, reports on Tories rallying around Jeremy Hunt and looks at Liam Fox's shot across the aid budget. Peter Hoskin reports on Nadine Dorries' Cameron and Osborne comments, asks what good a National Strategy would do and examines our fall back into recession.

...here are some posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the weekend: Fraser Nelson reports on Ash Green School's success story and puts forward the case for ignoring Strasbourg. James Forsyth looks at how the House of Lords would be elected, examines Cameron's mid-term blues and thinks Clegg's is using 'absurdly patronising' language on a Lords referendum. Sebastian Payne thinks Siobhan Benita might be Boris' secret weapon. David Rodigan goes through the essential Bob Marley. And Liz Truss MP is this week's Bookbencher on the Spectator Book blog.

Parliament is back from the Easter recess, and so is the Spectator’s Bookbenchers. First back into the hotseat is Elizabeth Truss, the Tory MP for South West Norfolk. She is inundated with children’s books, and wants to get to grips with some serious science. 1) Which book's on your bedside table at the moment? Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities and Britannia: One Hundred Documents That Shaped a Nation by Graham Stewart. 2) Which book would you read to your children? Edward Lear Nonsense, Alice in Wonderland — and all the Julia Donaldson (Gruffalo) books.