British Summer
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
The heat is on
We need to rethink our use of water
A very superior Season
Today’s Season may be more democratic and international than the old, but those in the know still cherish the hot tickets that guarantee exclusivity
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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
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency