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Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
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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
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
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life