The Fens
The lost world, and lives, of the countryside
Through losing ground and regulation of wildfowl, their world will change
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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
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
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While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation