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I’m done with po-faced politicians
We have long since lost the spirit of 1983
The BBC’s black hole baloney
Auntie makes a cosmic error
Since when did Stonewall side with bullies?
The feminist fix: When they push, you push back just as hard
An unlikely man of the people
Kenneth Clark has been unfairly accused of elitism; he wanted to democratise the glories of Western art and make it available to all
How do you solve a problem like the protocol?
The apotheosis of Johnsonism
A new blasphemy law?
LGBT groups are demanding a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” — but the devil’s in the detail
The remarkable poise of Allison Bailey
Bailey has shown the strength of her character in the courtroom
Professor Barry Mole: Scholarly Obsessive
Some things should stay buried
Best muckers
The tensions of sharing a plot
The food bank of Threadneedle Street
Andrew Bailey and the art of apocalypse banking
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
