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MacDonald Gill’s poster for the Empire Marketing Board helped promote a nation at the height of its powers
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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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
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
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Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt