Silence
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it