Simon Russell Beale
Norse mode
How John Gabriel Borkman is a hard Ibsen play to like
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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
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal