Matthew Webb
Making a splash
A new book marks 150 years since the first unaided Channel swim
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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
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away