Thought
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
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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
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
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks