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Film novelisations
On the ladder of literature, film novelisation was once considered above only pornography
Man in the middle
Football needs more respect for referees
The strongman we know
The alternative to Erdogan could be worse
King of the Italians
Why Berlusconi was loved in spite of everything
The Windsor Framework is failing
A new Centre for Brexit paper is worth taking seriously
Can Sunak turn the polls around?
It might be prudent for the Conservatives to plan for defeat but it is difficult to do
Hancock of a thousand faces
Not another Matt Hancock reinvention
The rail war
From Belarus to Belgium WWI was a war enabled by the steam train
In defence of inequalities
Some of them, at least
Minimum pricing, miserable results
Minimum pricing has not succeeded even on its own terms
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
