Anthony Powell
Publishing skewered — in 1939
Anthony Powells’s pre-war novel is still the more reliable guide to the book business
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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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth