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Tyranny and hope
Iranians have not stopped their fight for freedom
How the Danes paid the Danegeld
We should resist the new blasphemy laws
It started with a kiss
Luis Rubiales has no excuse
One cheer for Ben Wallace
The outgoing Defence Secretary’s record is thinner than one might think
Regulation reconsidered
Regulation should be a guide, not a shackle
A chest full of medals
A clever take on a classic brasserie in the heart of Bridgerton London
The great grain war
Russian aggression is endangering global food supplies
Snub the SNIB
Does the Scottish National Investment Bank pass the smell test?
Notting Hill Carnival needs to clean up its act
The street party shouldn’t be above criticism
Being the nation that the Kremlin thinks we are
Putin has more confidence in Britain than our politicians do
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
