Merlin Sheldrake
Mushrooming problem
We’re getting closer to fungi breaking down our plastic waste
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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
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families