Matthew Bell
Goethe, a man of ideas
Even to list the academic fields in which he was a pioneer is exhausting
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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
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling