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A triumph of light and space
The success of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery.
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand