Laura Thompson
Silver spoons and sob stories
What makes an heiress?
The Critic Books Podcast: Heiresses
Having a fortune is not quite all it’s cracked up to be
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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
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands