Harrumphing and hot air
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s polemic against coronavirus lockdowns is “a stale little bonbon”
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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
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships