Manchester
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The mistakes of Manchesterism
Andy Burnham is being unrealistic about growth
Why can’t the Church of England stand up for Jews?
Christian leaders offered the comfort of a council-run DEI course on togetherness
The anti-arts establishment
Why do we accept such moralistic philistinism?
Restaurant porn
Dress it up however you want: Hooters is selling sex
The cancelled charity boss who wants to be mayor
David Scullion speaks to Nick Buckley about his ambitions for Manchester
The fatal fear of being accused of racism
The fear of being branded a racist raises questions about the West’s ability to protect itself from islamist attacks
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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
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
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat