Matt Thorne
The new televangelism
The best US television drama has a strong religious dimension
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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
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
