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A pigment of her imagination
The pitfalls of (not) being black in American academia
Cabinet Wars – Episode I
How do the cabinet and shadow cabinet stack up on Twitter?
Why is the government letting another quango mislead Parliament?
The PHSO misrepresents both inputs and outputs in pursuit of more funds and less litigation
Parliament is Labour’s best friend
Labour needs to learn to use the new hybrid arrangement to their advantage
Satire needs to find new targets
There are still plenty of institutions worth mocking
Pleasures of sex and berries
Hart explains why we’re adapted to the environment we evolved in, rather than the one we inhabit
John Williams in Vienna (DG)
Zero stars for the vacuous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
An awful warning
Ainsworth’s fate was sealed not how he wrote but what he placed at the heart of his stories
From Brick Lane to Brixton
Stoddard Martin delves into a world beyond police and courtroom, with its own code of right and wrong, in Gerald Jacobs’s Pomeranski
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear