Peter Murrell
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Can Salmond bring down Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon can sacrifice others in order to protect herself
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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
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
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
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it