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The prophet of combative Toryism
Historian David Starkey has, at 80, returned to guide a new generation of conservatives
Keeping the faith
It is as if Aquinas himself occupied the timeless eternity he reserved for God
Rich food’s fatal attraction
A menu to die for
Boulez celebrated but titans ignored
Two painful coincidences underline the imbalance of a presidential command
Opera as it should be
This, at last, is what the English National Opera is for
The death of the funeral
We abandon death rituals at our peril
There’s no such thing as Brexit
If Brexit is anything, it’s tipping Grandpa Joe out of bed and demanding he walk, because he can
The backlash against a feminism that never was
False feminism gave every misogynist an alibi that he will not stop using
Is Britain bringing back blasphemy laws?
We criticise Middle Eastern blasphemy laws whilst creating them at home
Can the stage regain its soul?
Theatre is being turned into a parasitic secondary art form
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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
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long