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Hollywood or Hollywoke?
Can drama successfully rewrite history to satisfy modern sensitivities?
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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
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them