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Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
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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 games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism