Oligarchy
Democracy doesn’t work without a civilisational goal
Elections won’t save us if our elites have no overall mission
The Cosa Nostra in suits
Big business acts as a mafia, squeezing suppliers and raising prices for customers
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken