Great Expectations
Degrading Dickens
How the BBC lowered expectations
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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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe