Hull
Flying tonight
Patrick Galbraith finds a little bit of Heaven in Hull
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh