Lost elysium of the Cambridge Backs
One of Britain’s most celebrated views will soon be dramatically changed
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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
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 wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear