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A genius, a journalist and a little gem
A bit of lucky timing cannot be begrudged
Perfect for the part
Oompa Loompas and a newfound enthusiasm for association football
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On triggering opera and Arts Council England
Banned played on
The hit on Roisin Murphy’s ‘Hit Parade’
A new madonna
On AI and authenticity
Wall St wolves
On money, morality and motive in three films
Paper trail
Thrillers from Finland to Afghanistan
Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
A new take on Arts and Crafts
Private housing design has been neglected by architects
Earthy paradise
Exotic food at a Soho Sri Lankan restaurant
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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
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous