The Midlands
In praise of the Midlands
The Midlands are hurried through, unappreciated on the way to somewhere else
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
