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Big town life
Force for progress, loyalist fortress, or den of iniquity — the English town has been all of these, and more
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Culture war, what is it good for?
Women will continue to battle for our rights
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson
Bad behaviour has to come with consequences
The intimacy of thoughts
An excess of technology burdens a cerebral adaptation
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
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
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
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal