Sir Philip Barton
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Where following Boris leads you
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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
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war