Sziget Festival
The countercultural island within conservative Hungary
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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
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories