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The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare by Daniel Swift
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off