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Culture Shutdown
Can the arts survive coronavirus?
Coronavirus: Following the herd on school closures
Is the rush to close schools really necessary?
The post-Christian identity crisis
Three books portray a West unconscious of its past and uncertain of its future
Modi’s ghastly Delhi dream
The plan to remodel Lutyens’s grand capital is a monument to conceit
A vengeful pursuit of political power
Natascha Engel reviews Unspeakable by John Bercow
The politics of the plague
Boris Johnson may already have waited fatally long
Twitter trolls disprove the myth of intrinsic goodness
Virtual reality is real enough to show man in his “natural” state
We’re all preppers now
Waiting for a pandemic in West Virginia
A bountiful Baja garden
Lisa Hilton enjoys sublime food and hibiscus margaritas on an enchanting Mexican ranch
Roast lamb of God
A simple, seasonal feast is best, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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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
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The story of a lifetime
Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive