The Talented Mr Ripley
Much more than just a cunning linguist
Patricia Highsmith’s voluminous diaries paint a full picture of their author
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
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why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Ancient bones of contention
The burgeoning and irregulated market for dinosaur skeletons
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?