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Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
Is Beer the solution to all of life’s problems?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — And How The World Lost its Mind. By Dan Davies
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
The blunders that restored the Crown
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
The savage triumph
End Game 1944: How Stalin Won the War. By Jonathan Dimbleby
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
On the Cusk of austerity
A cerebral critic pleaser, a dramatic crowd pleaser, and a perennial favourite
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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
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible