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What does the BBC have against classical music?
Dark obsessions of the Demon Dog
Love Me Fierce in Danger reads as a book for fans, inured to the World of Ellroy
Colonial expansion and industrial development
Did Britain’s 18th century colonies spur the Industrial Revolution?
Women deserve clarity on single-sex spaces
No one should have to wonder what kind of help they will receive
Is restitution racist?
Returning cultural items can be vice clad as virtue
Who’s afraid of the 1950s?
Romanticism can be radical tool for positive change
Who will offer a vision for national renewal?
Britain needs major reform, not managerial tinkering
An off-kilter visionary
Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
The Hunt boredget
Will it do more for the economy or insomnia?
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
