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Shifting sands for Saudi
The Kingdom’s attempt to float Saudi Aramco didn’t go fully to plan
Do Prime Ministers lose their seats?
There is no special place in the British electoral system for party leaders
All aboard the trans-Lib Dem express
The Lib Dems’ approach to transgender rights showcases the contradictions of identity politics
Cancel the war on progressives
Cancel culture hurts most those who cheer it on
The myth of Abbey Road
Abbey Road is less a cornerstone of the Beatles’ legend than its tombstone
Starting blocks
On the most important nomination stage in living memory
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field
Jeremy Black reviews David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Bad manners
Did a Miami Art Gallery really sell a Rembrandt by accident?
The Hartlepool Declaration
How much impact will Farage’s retreat really have?
Ace or joker?
Sturgeon’s IndyRef gamble will play into Johnson’s hands
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
The idea of the countryside Pt. 2
English rural life in theory and practice Pt. 2
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
