The Dresser Undressed
The delicate process of writing the biography of a wary Sir Ronald Harwood
Arthur Bryant’s floating doters
W. Sydney Robinson, the historian’s latest biographer, discovered that his subject was without scruple in matters of the heart
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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 great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet