Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter: from bad to verse
The playwright will not be remembered for his poetry
Noel Coward’s public genius
This production of Private Lives amuses as much as it moves its audience
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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
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
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
