Julius Caesar
Murder, incest — a limping collapse
Inquests aimed at cooling tempers became trials of strength, fanning the flames of partisan politics
The feud that felled the Roman Republic
The personal differences between Caesar and Cato mattered
Et tu Wakeford?
Caesar probably got a better reception
Et tu? The grim fate of the usual suspects
Peter Stothard’s depiction of the demise of Caesar emphasises the humanity of the emperor’s killer
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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
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on