Why banks collect art
What started as one banker’s obsession is now an €850 million asset — and a powerful branding tool
Novelist, Nobel laureate and Nazi
Which of these three facts is the most important?
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unconquered by a
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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
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
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics