The intellectual who loved a drama
Maurice Cowling, Conservative commentator and historian, influenced thought on the right of the party
Cardinal Newman
The apostate saint
He was right all along
Michael Bentley reviews The Englightenment that Failed by Jonathon Israel
The prophet who didn’t do people
Friedrich von Hayek became “Hayek”, a cardboard cut-out representation.
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unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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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
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
The fateful road to the great dictators
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Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
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Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships