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Fraud

Castaneda the sorcerer

Castaneda the sorcerer

Hoaxer, fraud … prophet?

Artillery Row
Daniel Miller
#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia

#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia

The numbers game has incentivised bad behaviour

Artillery Row
Charlotte Gauthier
Fake it ’til you break it

Fake it ’til you break it

Tech’s dangerous cult of genius

Artillery Row
Wessie du Toit

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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

Columns
Josephine Bartosch

Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes

The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken

Artillery Row
Christopher Snowdon

Solent mean

Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar

Artillery Row
Freddie Attenborough

Tame Impala fails to impress

unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food

Eating Out
Lisa Hilton

A chaplain’s vindication

The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions

Artillery Row
Andrea Williams

It’s high time we banned dogs

The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts

Columns
Titania McGrath
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Has the arts sector learned nothing?

Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal

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Lola Salem

Why must everything move to Manchester?

Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms

Artillery Row
Alexandra Wilson

Reform’s gate fever

As they have grown more successful, Nigel Farage and his men have lost sight of what it takes to succeed

Artillery Row
Finlay McLaren

Burying their heads in the ash

The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won

Artillery Row
Christopher Snowdon

The centre-left is out of ideas

The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument

Artillery Row
Guy Dampier

Outside the box

why traditional topiary is
making a comeback

Table Talk
Marian Boswall

Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster

The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment

Sketches
Robert Hutton

Unionists should unite

It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again

Artillery Row
Arlene Foster

Racing in revolt

The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform

This Sporting Life
Stephen Pollard

Unusual summer reds

Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes

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