Bob Massie
A flash of genius
When done well, swing bowling is arguably the most beautiful of cricket skills
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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
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK