Douglas Hedley
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
