Against the new witch-hunt in the arts
Art, if it means anything, must be more than propaganda
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
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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 intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket