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Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
The Russians aren’t coming
New music was not officially muted in the Soviet Union. It just got left at home, says Norman Lebrecht
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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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
The wonders of Whistler
A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms