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A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules