Flawed analysis of illiberal culture
d’Ancona is guilty of the same kind of arrogance and bad faith he identifies in other liberals
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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 rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works