crisis
The death of dystopia
Fictional nightmares can provide childish escapism rather than harsh truths
Most Read
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
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers