Henri Cochet
France needs a hero
All nations have known long winless periods, but the French drought in Paris has felt very long
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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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
