Grace Pervades
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
