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The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence