National Union of Mineworkers
The Miners’ Last Stand
Fifty years ago, the miners took on a Conservative Government and won
Hard Labour
Industrial scale drinking, courting communists and winning the “Golden Bollock”
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles