Richard Crampton-Platt
Richard Crampton-Platt is a former restaurateur
Britain is dining out on economic delusions
We cannot fix illegal immigration without facing some hard economic truths
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
