Ruins
Reflections on the rubble of the ancients
An enthusiasm for ruins is far from universal
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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
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
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 ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism