Alex Danchey
The scatalogical subversive
Magritte’s work is no more socially potent than dog-mess on a doorstep
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself