Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman is a freelance arts critic and book reviewer. She is writing a biography, Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists, to be published by Jonathan Cape
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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
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
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
