Francis Young
Tinker Bell, Puck, Dobby & Co.
Fairies: A History by Francis Young
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Rock star variations
Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography by Julian Lloyd Webber
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism