John Whittingdale
What John Whittingdale really thinks of the BBC
The new culture minister airs his views on auntie
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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 real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?