Mark Drakeford
The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
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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
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall