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The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
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
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback