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The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
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
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather