Michael Parkinson
Parky’s great river of song
Michael Henderson on the old-fashioned music that the BBC doesn’t want us to hear any longer
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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
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
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Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country