The Ivy
Creeping mediocrity
A dismal lunch at a chain restaurant woefully short of theatreland glamour
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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
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England