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Britain is bungling its relationship with Beijing
From espionage to research, Britain’s approach to China is not fit for purpose
The neglected nectar of sweet Tokaji wines
Merchants from all over Europe once came to Hungary
I regret choosing a llama-friendly school for Hector
Just meekly approaching Google Classroom burnout …
Auntie in the dock
Robbie Gibb is shocked to find bias at the Beeb
How Dostoyevsky dissected activistic hypocrites
Dostoyevsky’s outrageous grotesque now runs riot in our institutions
How the budget could backfire
Delivering a successful budget might have become politically impossible
Fundamentally ahistorical
History is not just a data set for the present
Does it really cost women nothing to use incorrect pronouns?
There is nothing kind about demanding that people misrepresent the truth
Hanging my head with pride
There is immense beauty in deer in the field, venison on the plate, and deer heads on the wall
Fabulous in fur
My vegetarianism issues from the same source as my pelt wearing
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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
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality