Clara Martinez Alberola
No Brexit transition extension – bluff or brinkmanship?
This is a good time to bury bad news, so why the shortage of shovels?
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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
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire