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The vanishing university
From Oxford to Edinburgh, Bristol to Liverpool, the story is the same: online interaction is here to stay
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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
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Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators