The unlikely miracle of Trump’s presidency
Trump’s inability to articulate any substantive thought renders a respected journalist’s new book unreadable
The man who exposed the watchers
David J. Garrow reviews Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State, by Barton Gellman
Obama’s airbrushed dreams
Original typscript reveals an insecure man racked by self-doubt
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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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
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses