Epistemology
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Let’s put experts in their place
Expertise is important but so are its epistemic and moral limits
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Back to reality
Objective truth is critically important. It is one of the greatest defences of our liberty
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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
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks