Charlie Bentley-Astor
Charlie Bentley-Astor is a freelance writer studying at Cambridge. She tweets at @astor_charlie
Deconstructing the decolonisers
An intellectual Robin Hood reclaims British history for those most underserved by elite narratives
The grim side of graduation
Prospects for today’s students look bleak
Unfit for women
Gender neutral spaces can be alienating, not inclusive
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
