Showbusiness
Three act tragedy
The Wagatha Christie case reveals the addictive fun of gossip — but also its corrosive power
Mean genius of comedy
Alexander Larman on Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
‘Between you and me…’
All the gossip that’s fit to print from our showbusiness veteran
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways