The Liar’s Dictionary
A guide to the plangent lineaments of love
Matthew Adams reviews The Liar’s Dictionary, by Eley Williams
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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
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration