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The fading clout of the scholarly connoisseur
Does quality matter today when considering art?
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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
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
