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Is it time for the honours system to go?
From the questionable calibre of candidates to clandestine cancellations, Michael Collins queries the future of this (not so) honourable tradition
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 4 and 6 (LSO Live)
Italian-born and London-bred Antonio Pappano lets the gentle rhythms of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music say it all
Letter from Washington: Biden ends America’s longest war
Oliver Wiseman on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan this week
Vaccine passports can’t be allowed for church
The government seems to think church buildings can be lumped in with pubs and cinemas
What do the English think of Englishness?
Graham Cunningham asks why Englishness has failed to garner its own version of the self-flattering national mythology of so many other nations
Going the way of all the earth
Our inability to do justice to the death of Prince Philip
Brexit’s best argument
VDL’s hapless performance must be delighting Brexiteers
Letter to Brezhnev: a lesson for today?
The 1985 film directed by Frank Clarke is a homage not only to Liverpool, but to hope, risk, and love
The questionable innocence of Pontius Pilate
Steve Morris argues that this new book about Pontius Pilate helps us understand the limits of state and law
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived