Gil Scott-Heron
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The unusual, the unsigned, the uncategorisable
Hip-hop has its place, but not necessarily on an alternative daytime radio station
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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
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair