Colin Thubron
Hard times on the Black Dragon River
Thubron shows an unyielding willingness to listen to those he meets and attempt to understand their worlds
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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
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Murders for July
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