Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Lifetimes of self-isolation
Composing in seclusion
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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
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all