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In 2022, women are no longer allowed to gather in public libraries
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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
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
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
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration