Matthew Pinsent
Sir Matthew Pinsent won four consecutive Olympic gold medals. He tweets at @matthewcpinsent
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
