Geoffrey Smith
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad