Shotaro Ikenami
Murders for November
Time to snuggle up with the best of crime fiction
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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
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
When compassion kills
Decriminalising vagrancy is no act of kindness