Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
A police school for scandal
f it’s any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness