Steven Hoggett
Theatre as rock concert
Hamlet Hail To The Thief is so nearly a classic
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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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
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
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?