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Beware of education technology
The Lexile Scale is alchemy, not science
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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
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies