Fear in a time of Covid
Manipulating public emotion is a dangerous and costly exercise
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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
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working