Calais
Boris must act on immigration
It is the issue that most concerns his supporters
England’s soft underbelly
Patrick West reviews The Channel, by Charlie Connelly
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion