Paris-Roubaix
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
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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
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers