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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy