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Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
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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
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting