Henrietta Maria
The “Popish brat of France” reassessed
Leanda de Lisle triumphs where her subject could not
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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
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 fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature