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Signal failure
An inside account of the HS2 raises worrying questions about our government’s capacity to build infrastructure
The problem with Ed Davey
Davey, Davey, give us better answers do
How to fix Holyrood
Holyrood is broken — but not beyond repair
False faiths
The digital worship of the autonomous self is a dangerous and self-defeating creed
Punching above their weight
How women managed to get men out of Olympic female sport
Suffering: the consequences
Dual reflections on on the vicissitudes of victim status
Strong, silent — but still box office gold
Clint Eastwood is as much a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon
The government wants more criminals out in the streets
Our authorities are committed to trying everything but the solution
Why British universities are bowing to Beijing
Commercial interests appear to be compromising academic freedom
Ukraine must fight corruption as well as Russia
The war effort will be damaged if people have no faith in the authorities
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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
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history