1950s
Who’s afraid of the 1950s?
Romanticism can be radical tool for positive change
My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust