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The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
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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
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 martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham