Billy Midwinter
Princes of cricket
Pataudi was one of 17 men to play Test cricket for two countries
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity