J.R. Lucas
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
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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
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket