Philip Rieff
Among the deathworks
On culturing culture
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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
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?