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The BBC is a liar. But is it noble?
Robin Aitken’s analysis is idiosyncratic but rings true
A playwright who aims big
Anne McElvoy on writers and players who can transfer skills to the small screen from the big stage
Travelling tight
Christopher Pincher enjoys the wine list at the Travellers Club
In which Sir Keir eats Mr Johnson’s cake
Starmer’s first order is last orders for pubs
Tory Lockdown rebels reach 42
Scores of Tories have defied the Government’s instruction to vote for lockdown measures
Britain’s Brexit deadline abandoned
Both sides no longer recognise 15 October as the last day by which a deal can be struck
The Divine Comedy at 30
The Divine Comedy will be playing a concert at the Barbican on 14 October to celebrate Neil Hannon
Trusting Dave Chappelle
The comedian’s 8:46 show is a stand-up special with few jokes
American puritanism lives on
Judge not a sext lest your sexts be judged
Scrapping for space
Nick Cohen says hamfisted Covid road closures are dividing opinion
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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
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution