Dancing
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
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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
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment