Lily Phillips
Doing the hustle
The adrenaline flows when you’re relying on your wits to save you from national humiliation
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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
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?