Thomas Barnardo
Crossed out
Why does Christianity get erased from the history of British social reform?
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
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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
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England