Economy
Dealing with sticky fingers
Theft is the enemy of good business, leaving less for profit, wages and the taxman
Against industrial decline
The Green Industrial Revolution was not enough to revive British industry
The Tories have a nostalgia problem
Modern leaders must focus on modern problems
Has the Tory left deserted Northern Ireland?
Conservatives must stop backing the disastrous NI protocol
Illiteracy of the tax-cut lobby
Slashing taxes cannot make a nation better off. Instead we must increase production
Sunak leads the retreat
A windfall tax is apparently not a windfall tax if the Tories introduce it
Dawning continent
The West has underestimated Africa’s independent economic potential
Britain’s squid pro quo
Economic growth is hindered by the profusion of “negative sum” public sector jobs
Lovely jubbly
Celebrating the genius of Only Fools and Horses on its 40th anniversary
The giant with terra cotta feet
As July marked the one hundredth anniversary of the CCP, Alex Story examines its performance over the past fifty years
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
