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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
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies