Granada
Light and shade of a complex Eden
Rodgers and Cavendish gamely and colourfully attempt both to tell the stories and capture Granada’s long-standing mysterious appeal
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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
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Wit as well as social conscience
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