The power of fun
The forgotten language of political festivity
God alone can bind our nation together
The Church may yet prove to be the last anchor of national life
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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
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear