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Past imperfectionists
The extremism of the project against our traditional idea of the museum is on full display at the Pitt Rivers
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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
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill