Seven years in China
COVID, nationalism and Beijing walls
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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
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness