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Michael Wharton: satirist of genius
A satirist of genius who mercilessly mocked the modern world
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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
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes