Ann Widdecombe
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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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
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?