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Is Britain on borrowed time?
As decades of borrowing have left public finances exposed, a sovereign debt crisis is a real risk
Germany’s judges have spoken. Should the EU be worried?
Germany’s Constitutional Court challenges whether the ECJ can decide the extent of its own power
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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
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests