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Tory rebels hold fire
We’re not expecting any rebellion on the Crime bill for months
Stop exploiting the debate on women’s rights
The officers at Clapham Common were misguided, but hijacking Sarah Everard’s death for a political agenda disrespects her memory
The Mumford memory hole
The parallels between the latest incident of cancel culture and George Orwell’s 1984 are uncanny
Could we ever have another English republic?
While republicanism currently remains an underground interest, there is a real risk it could grow once Charles assumes the throne
Back to school: The urgent need for normality
In the obsession with infection metrics, we seem to have lost sight of what’s important about school itself
The Aztec revival in California’s public schools
In an attempt to ‘decolonise the curriculum’, California may vote to promote the celebration of pre-Christian deities who often performed human sacrifice
Alexei Stanchinsky: Piano works (Ondine)
Stanchinsky occupies a tonal territory midway between Rachmaninov and Scriabin; an amalgam of suppurating misery and crackpot visionary
Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires diary 5.0
Dominic Hilton offends the fumigation guy and witnesses the death of a former President
Radio cashes in on theatre’s loss
Radio drama is prone to over-signalling regional differences, says Anne McElvoy
The sparkling revolution
How the way we manufactured glass changed the world of alcohol
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not