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Steel yourselves
Summoned from our ploughs, and our lawnmowers, to seize the means of production
We need automation, not mass migration
We should follow East Asia in using robotics to make up for fertility decline
Give this word a miss
We should be respectful enough to use appropriate honorifics
A sign of dominance
The Irish language crocodile is never satisfied
Do countries have ethics?
A state depends on its reputation, not just its wealth or power
Goodwill hunting
Could the vibe shift be spreading through British culture?
Kemi Badenoch is right about Adolescence
Why should watching it be an obligation?
The integration industrial complex is collapsing
Tell MAMA’s fall reflects a failed and discredited approach
Don’t make ethnic pay gap reporting mandatory
Mandatory pay gap reporting will make discrimination more common, not less
Should women boycott women’s sports
If there is going to be change, athletes have to take a stand
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre