Ken Dodd
Beyond the floppy fringe
It’s no laughing matter that our grotesque, contemptible political class is so out of touch
Mean genius of comedy
Alexander Larman on Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
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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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves