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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall