The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
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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
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham