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South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics