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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
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground