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The triumph of the Classical
Modernism has failed and it is time to return to diligent study of the best of traditional architecture
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
Exeter — portrait of a modern university
Jeremy Black, historian of Exeter University, reflects on the shifting demands and priorities on campus.
Decline of the underclass
In the 21st century, London has lost its own internal logic
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Britain must reindustrialise
A truly conservative economics must prioritise making, not speculating
You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
The vicious circle of higher education funding
Underperforming international students are propping up underperforming British universities
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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
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre