Whitehall’s whispering mandarin
A tribute to Sir Roy Stone, whose secretive role at the heart of Westminster made government possible
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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
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak