Jackie Baillie
You say it best when you say nothing at all
Nicola Sturgeon’s defence is impregnable because it concedes so little usable information
Crying Wolffe
The Alex Salmond inquiry has been hobbled by legal intervention – so why can the media publish what politicians cannot discuss?
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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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies