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The real McCoy
With a little effort, haggis can be a real treat
Pure pantomime
Parliament is putting on quite a show this Christmas
The twilight of British Christianity?
In the dimness of the secular gloom, the Christmas message shines brightly
The freedom to live out your faith
Qatar proves we need a new definition of freedom of religion
Inescapable crisis
Have our worn-out imaginations reached their limits?
The fatal hubris of a ruthless fixer
Peter Stothard’s penetrating biography could not be more apposite in this age of political turmoil
Ghosts of Christmas past
Why Brits love their yuletide horror
Is Germany riding to the defence of Europe?
Don’t expect the cavalry just yet
The greatest shitshow on Earth
Hopes and fears at the end of 2022
Killer thrillers
The creators of Gangs of London could learn a lot from SAS Rogue Heroes
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
