The decline of Durham
The collegiate system is an essential virtue of Durham University and should not be abandoned
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Tame Impala fails to impress
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
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
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out