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Indira Gandhi: a gift from the gods?
How India’s first – and only – female prime minister exploited a Hindu goddess
The Long Hours: remembering David Oluwale
How one man’s English journey, begun in hope, turned into a nightmare
Editors deserve more credit
Christopher Silvester on the essential, and undervalued, part editors play in film and documentary creation
Pick of the plazas
Christopher North advises on the best bullrings for budding aficionados
The Ides of Boris
The instruments of darkness tell us truths
A circuit break to the consensus
Does Starmer attacking government policy make it harder or easier for Tory rebels?
Yelp if you’re woke
Yelp label businesses accused of racism, the MOD goes woke and restaurant apologises for mocking Xi
It’s that nurse again
Both Mary Seacole and the Girl Guides deserve better
Dinner at Brasenose? Unmasking the Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister’s new book tears apart fake news and the notion of compensation culture
What did YOU do in the Great Culture War, Daddy?
The British public will not stay forever silent as their values and beliefs are attacked
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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
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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny