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Anti-smoking own goals
Puritan anti-nicotine policies are successful only in propping up the tobacco industry
A farewell to a brilliant broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg has declared his innings closed after 27 years
Against Awaab’s Law
In defence of damp and mouldy tenancies
How to rescue the grooming gangs inquiry
It needs power, resources and freedom from the Home Office
Trimming the runaway state
A slimmer government is not a fringe libertarian concern but a national priority
TikTok tournaments
“Sportertainment” is a consequence of this age of short attention spans
On Eddy’s goat tails
If anyone can outshine Merckx, Tadej can
No-crime hate
Investigation of so-called “hate incidents” has been revealed as a colossal waste of police time
Exposing the anti-gambling agenda
Don’t bet on hearing good arguments
We need to end the army show trials
One side gets comfort letters, the other gets hauled through the courts
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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
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama