Such stuff as dreams are made on
Common dream themes cut across vast differences in the waking lives of humans
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Pandemics, plagues and pestilence
Germs have been laying waste to civilisations for 50,000 years
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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
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life