The decline of the quality press
Frequent hyperbole means the media would struggle to describe a genuine disaster
A descent into chaos
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed