Idris Elba
Class viewing
The contrast between the lives of the boxers in “Fight School” and those portrayed in “Anatomy of A Scandal” could not be sharper
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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 fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes