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Coolness and cancellation
We should not just people with problematic pasts by how much we like their work
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
The world’s last measured moments
Joseph Haydn: Symphonies 93-95
The Dear Leader and the gnome
Friendship between the Kremlin and North Korea is no joke
High-octane despair
Das Rheingold, Royal Opera House
The fantasy world of Anglo-Afrocentrism
History is being twisted for political purposes
Flourish we must
British conservatives must focus on action over rhetoric
The death of the literary feud
When writers become fighters
Leo Varadkar is a coward and a hypocrite
Tip-toeing around Republican crimes is obscuring modern history
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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
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history