Jacobean Theatre
A devil to relish
The stories that tell us that women are damned if they play the game of sexual availability and just as doomed if they don’t
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down