Southport is no excuse for censorship
The government is being weak-minded and opportunistic
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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
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library