James Hamilton
Scot free
The Unionists’ hope of ousting Sturgeon has failed. Now what?
A time to keep silence and time to speak
Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news
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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
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations