William Cook
William Cook is a writer and journalist. He tweets at @williamcooknews.
Robert Indiana: Love is all you need
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an incongruously perfect backdrop for this artist of twentieth century Americana
Eric Ravilious: a talent too long ignored
Ravilious’s ethereal, understated paintings are quietly dazzling
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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
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
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
