Michael Bracewell
Patchett is as good as she needs to be
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all