Buttonhole
Bring back the buttonhole
Kings and statesmen, mughals and moguls, once walked out with a flossie
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unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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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
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original