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Women should not be for sale
We must challenge the Left’s view of prostitution as “progressive” and “sex work” as liberating
Bombastic lecture on the evil empire
From the suppression of colonial documents, Caroline Elkins spins a tale of violence
Death of a sporting hero
Lester Piggott was the greatest jockey — bar none
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
The King is our eternal everyman
Oak Apple Day celebrates the inevitable return of the primordial and the perennial
The original, best and shortest English opera
John Blow, Venus and Adonis; Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (HGO)
Justice over the internet
Civil cases could soon be resolved quickly and cheaply through online “portals”
Football and the golden fleece
Football should consult its conscience before it jumps on the NFT bandwagon
Cleaning up
The fate of a Whitehall cleaner, Emanuel Gomes, should not be brushed aside
Did prayer decide the Battle of Goose Green?
The expedition to take back the Falkland Islands was riskier than we might think