How The Smiths were Marred
Right-on credentials are no excuse for elevating uninspiring music
Aaron is not your hero
Framing Titus Andronicus in anti-imperialist terms misses the point
Safe battles, safe applause
Our theatres fight yesterday’s battles to avoid confronting today’s risks
Low mimetic nation
Why Britain keeps mistaking TV for real life
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
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How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?