A tale of two conferences
The camp tone of the Reform conference masks genuine political seriousness
The myths of falling crime
Britain is far less safe than it should be
Don’t trust the BBC on grooming gangs
Newsnight’s data on the ethnicity of criminals is obviously unreliable
Trump’s tariffs are essential for strategic competition
The tactical application matters as much as strategic intent
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency