Cults
A new series about an absolute cult
A charismatic narcissist, some flirty fishing, and mass delusion
Pastorship and power
Church leaders should be vigilant against the abuse of authority
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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
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”