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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
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
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines