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Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
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
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
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling