Jonathan Meades
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Football was once a spectacle. The grotesque Qatar World Cup reminds us of all it has become
Despising all that they hold dear
Politics is but a subset; the true villain is belief, says Jonathon Green of Jonathan Meades’s new release
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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
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy