Dan Andrews
Not letting the Games begin
Progressive hubris spoils a chance for Australian success
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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
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original