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Overrated: Dame Barbara Stocking
Oxfam’s former chief executive now stands accused of complacency and hypocrisy
Daniel Johnson
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Overrated: Nigel Farage
The seven-times-failed candidate presents himself to the world as Mr Brexit but his party, UKIP, is now fading fast
Michael Mosbacher
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Overrated: Martin Selmayr
The architect of the EU’s hard line on Brexit
Daniel Johnson
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Overrated: Richard Branson
The Europhile Virgin billionaire is reluctant to put his own money where his mouth is
Michael Mosbacher
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Overrated: Dennis Skinner
It's time to debunk the myth that the Beast of Bolsover, the oldest member of the Commons, is a brilliant parliamentary figure
Michael Mosbacher
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Overrated: Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan knows how to make himself popular, but he has a duty to open up closed Muslim communities
Daniel Johnson
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Overrated: Eric Hobsbawm
The Marxist historian, born a century ago, didn’t just turn a blind eye to the crimes of Communism but to much else besides
David Herman
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Overrated: Sayeeda Warsi
The rise and fall of a poster girl for integration who now depicts Britain’s Muslims as an oppressed minority
Robert Low
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Overrated: Barack Obama
The former president’s administration was defined by lies, cover-ups and incompetent foreign policy
Andrew Roberts
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Overrated: John Bercow
The self-aggrandising Speaker has confused the importance of his office with that of its holder
Oliver Wiseman
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
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The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
Drawing Board