Thomas Cook
Holidays take a pounding
An entertaining new history of British tourism is well timed
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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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
