Gangster
The curious decline of the charismatic criminal
What happened to a classic British institution?
Gangsters by the Gulf
Dubai and the rise of organised crime
The mobster and the Method
Al Capone’s relationship with the movies goes back a long way, writes Christopher Silvester
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe