Magic
The mercurial master of magic and misery
If Dickens was a unique enchanter, Conrad is a charmingly bewitched conjurer of his genius
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Discussing Magic
Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
What’s in a name?
Britain’s debate over assisted suicide is being conducted in language designed to obscure what is actually proposed
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough