Tommy Lascelles
Freedom to expose
Do historians and biographers have a moral right to be shown classified documents?
Unfixing Parliament
The governent’s attempt to regain the right to call an election is problematic
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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
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology