The Critical Canvas
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm