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unconquered by a
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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
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
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The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
A garden reborn
a garden reborn
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay