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The closure of Jenners of Edinburgh is an object lesson in how to kill the department store
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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
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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 Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses