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Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
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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
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions