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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
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
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished