20 years of The Ricky Gervais Show
Ricky Gervais’s best comedy survives by fans swapping bootlegged recordings
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
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
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette