The ascent of Barbara Pym
A chronicler of the overlooked, she has at last got her just literary deserts
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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
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture