Róisín Murphy
Banned played on
The hit on Roisin Murphy’s ‘Hit Parade’
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
The Guardian’s McCarthyite gender politics
Ideological policing of Róisín Murphy is a cynical tribalism divorced from social justice
Farewell to the counterculture
Róisín Murphy’s cancellation is a tale of poachers turned ideological gamekeepers
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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
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete