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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them