Robert Plunket
Kick off the new year with a comic novel
There’s a pleasure in every paragraph and a tartness to set off the sweetness
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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
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
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
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues