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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants