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Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
Turkey must be at the centre of Donald Trump’s policy for the Middle East
It would be pure folly to alienate such an important regional power
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out