Timothy Ridout
Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
The 1934 suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams demands a sympathy for the rolling contours of the English countryside
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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
taste of Crusader food
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
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire