Horror
The legacy of The Woman in Black
Susan Hill’s story remains one of the most pervasively unsettling tales in the English ghost story tradition
Why does The Shining still scare us?
A large part of its appeal revolves around a simple fact, it is utterly terrifying
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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
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
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
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician