David Beckham
Not only a game
This is how it ends: the whimper, or the bang
A cupful of cash
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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
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign