Judy Garland
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Hang up on Britain’s blight boxes
Outdated regulations are keeping thousands of redundant phone boxes on Britain’s streets
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories