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Aryan idol
On the surprising legacy of an iconic eleventh century sculpture.
For the love of Juche
Inside the sad world of North Korea apologists
Underselling Ulster
Northern Ireland should be bolder in promoting itself
Do journalists know what matters?
Something can affect ordinary people even if the media thinks it shouldn’t
Who exactly is “far right”?
If it is a threat then it has to be defined
How to survive Twitter
Shame, anonymity and never saying sorry
Alive and undressed
The only way to eat oysters
The museum tells it how it was
On the creation of national identity
The liturgy of ESG
Against the depoliticisation of contested values
What happened to horror films?
Watery idealism is robbing the genre of its fear
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
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends