Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
Missing a slam dunk
Cleopatra is not a terrible movie, but this failed Hollywood history is
Film novelisations
On the ladder of literature, film novelisation was once considered above only pornography
Martin Scorsese: rinse and repeat self-indulgence
The director of Goodfellas has debased his talent
Size isn’t necessarily substance
Gatsby aside, F. Scott Fitzgerald — the Jazz-Age chronicler — is dispensable
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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
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner