Colombia
The FARC and me
David Smith recalls time spent with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia: the most murderous army of insurrection in Latin America’s modern history
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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
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces