Oil
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
