Rural
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Rabbit, run
Patrick Galbraith enjoys a frustrating day with dog and gun
Friggitelli with Rosie
Lisa Hilton falls for the rustic charms and continental cuisine of a perfect English pub
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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
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes