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I know thee not, old bean
Boris Johnson escapes traps set for him by his arch-nemesis, Boris Johnson
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures