Reflections on the counter-revolution in Finchley
Britain cries out for a leader with Thatcher’s (counter)revolutionary spirit
Top of the pops?
What makes great rock and roll
What do the English think of Englishness?
Graham Cunningham asks why Englishness has failed to garner its own version of the self-flattering national mythology of so many other nations
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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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting