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Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
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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
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Bring back literary vendettas
Grub Street thrived when
there was an “establishment”,
movements and feuds
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb