David Hare
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Spare us easy satire
Satire is supposed to be the unsayable, not virtue-signalling two-bit doggerel
Drop the agitprop
David Hare is an extraordinarily accomplished writer when he doesn’t revert to contemporary politics
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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
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire