Indulgence
A taste of the times
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is inspired by an old menu
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
