Hope
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
Acts of faith
Hephzibah Anderson plants her spring bulbs
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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 malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense