The Bloomsbury Group
Bumptious, bitchy and belligerent
This evocation of London literati in wartime is a bombshell of a first book
Sculptor, wrecker and seducer
A beautiful book, but a fairly orthodox biography of the Hon. Stephen “Tommy” Tomlin
A brilliant life of ideas, insight and politics
Gertrude Himmelfarb: an intellectual giant who believed history could save us
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy