Girls
Girls don’t just wanna have fun
“Blue Velvet” is a sinister, savage take on male violence and a feminine urge for vengeance
Reclaiming “protect girls”
We must not allow opportunists to make an urgent cause their own
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
