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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state