The Tories’ phony peace
The real battle of ideas will begin when the party’s time in office reaches the end of the road
Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit
A classicist in No 10: Boris and his worldview
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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
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes