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Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
Best bets for Cheltenham
My racing tips for Cheltenham
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Most Read
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
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie