Slogans
The horror of greetings inflation
Social niceties today demand a performative jeremiad on the state of the world
Newly-minted mission statements
The Brexit coin takes bogus aspiration as part-ambition, part-accomplishment
Linguistic confusion
Dominic Hilton has more trouble with English than Spanish in Argentina
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide