Barry Humphries
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
Humphries and the humourless
Cancel culture is often midges biting giants
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Tame Impala fails to impress
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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines