More than merely a magician with words
The poetry of Tennyson is no gorgeous trick of words, no siren song
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive