The Last Jewish Joke
The end of the schtick
The Last Jewish Joke by Michel Wieviorka
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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
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out