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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
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes