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Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital