Spying
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
A spy for all seasons
Who is the man behind “The IPCRESS File”?
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
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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
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
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 Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics