Michael D. Higgins
Ireland turns to the looney left
The Irish presidential election betrays a divided country where many feel left behind
The annexation election
The Irish Presidential contest contains yet more republican provocations
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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
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent