Gianlorenzo Bernini
Can bad people be good artists?
The moral standards of creative giants
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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
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
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
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?