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Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it