Wolfson Prize for History
Black Spartacus
The winner of the Wolfson Prize for History significantly advances neither our knowledge of Toussaint Louverture nor Haiti
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools