Richard Davenport-Hines
China travels and travails
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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 book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
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.
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski