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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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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
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich