Apples
Core philosophy
How the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards
An apple a day…
Sampling a new wave of Bristish cider
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
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While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future