Inn decline
There is an iconoclastic assault on the British pub — we need a campaign for real inn signs
The King is our eternal everyman
Oak Apple Day celebrates the inevitable return of the primordial and the perennial
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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
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature