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Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism