Maria Callas
Missing the point
Why opera needs fictional dead women
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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
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.