A week in the life of a struggling academic
On the ups, downs and deeper downs of academic life
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
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
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?