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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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault