know-it-all
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)