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Hunting ghost ponds
The loss of a rich wildfowl habitat
How China woos the Muslim world
Money talks louder than Uyghur Muslims can scream
Not cricket
Women’s cricket should be for women, and only women
Tolkien, 50 years on
The true scale of his legacy is gradually becoming apparent
Tyranny and hope
Iranians have not stopped their fight for freedom
How the Danes paid the Danegeld
We should resist the new blasphemy laws
It started with a kiss
Luis Rubiales has no excuse
One cheer for Ben Wallace
The outgoing Defence Secretary’s record is thinner than one might think
Regulation reconsidered
Regulation should be a guide, not a shackle
Most Read
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
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
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
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness