John Cleese
Blowing with the wind
This humble character actor pledges unwavering allegiance to whatever comes next
“Between you and me…”
Our theatre gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad