Shakespearespeare
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
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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
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK