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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
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.
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it