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The humanity of Horace
The wisdom of someone who has lived a little is at the heart of the verse of the ancient poet who was adopted as the mascot of the Enlightenment
The common thread of progress
Textile abundance has underpinned the modern world
The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
Women’s anger and women’s ambiguities
A new exhibition offers interesting, if sometimes confusing, perspectives on women in revolt
Eight women well worth meeting
“Parallel Lives” is an unsung gem of an exhibition
“Reputational risk” is rot
Business is obsessed by this pseudoscientific nonsense
From the Trojan War to conflict in Ukraine
Rich insights into eras of incessant bloodletting
What is it with populists and comical haircuts?
Crazy hair can be as much of an asset to a firebrand politician as crazy rhetoric
Society cannot ignore surrogacy
Exploitation and dehumanisation are being normalised to a disturbing degree
Xi bangs the drum
On geopolitics with Chinese characteristics
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think