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A lecture in unflagging naivety
If you want your views of the wrongness of Brexit confirmed, this dull book will do so
Dutch courage
Christopher Silvester on a war movie with no rousing patriotic music or violence, but nevertheless filled with unexpected delights and discoveries
Cross wires
For Britain it’s sovereignty, for the EU it’s a niggle around sausages
Where in the world
In the post-pandemic world, travel is all in the mind
Freelancers cannot afford shame
Journalist and actor Denis Tuohy has written a rewarding collection worthy of his colourful career
Miserable minimalism
Lisa Hilton says a prime spot near the kitchen is no compensation for a bewilderingly bad evening
A word to the wise
The plants are listening, says Hephzibah Anderson
Remembering Sir David Amess
Well loved by Commons staff and MPs alike
Female strength on film
Is Sir Ridley Scott a surprising feminist?
Where LGB fear to tread
Stonewall programmes stifle the very people they pretend to protect
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
