Busting the myth of the Phantom Major
Thread by thread, Mortimer unpicks the lies of David Stirling’s life
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it