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Death of a maestro
Christopher North pays tribute to one of the two great matadors of the Golden Age
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium