Illumino
The past in pictures
Twelve manuscripts, read and re-read over eight centuries, can tell the heart of medieval Britain
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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
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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
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?