Recant
“Will you stop talking about the war!”
Are we watching a Stalinist show trial, with hitherto dissident figures loudly recanting any support for past regimes?
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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
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture