Superpower
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
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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
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution