Artillery Row
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran