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Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
The Windsor Framework must fall so that Brexit can live
The EU (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill can restore the integrity of the United Kingdom
Bar none
The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
London has lost its soul
National renewal must start with the capital
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Most Read
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
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity