Alvise
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
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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
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets