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The year the mob called the tune
So much political meddling in music and so little resistance
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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
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
An ode to the examination
The end of in-person examinations would be the end of rational assessment
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions