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Thriving revival
Celebrating a glorious Goodwood festival
Against Baddielism
The author is wrong about Jewish representation
A plague of pigeons
When the magic of nature becomes a curse
An Ashes autopsy
C’est magnifique, mais
Secular stigmata
Women are caught between different forms of bodily shame
Profile: Tobias Rustat
A Cambridge college tried to remove his memorial plaque and the Church branded him a “slave trader” but, in fact, this royal retainer was a philanthropist
Liberalism’s obituarist
John Gray extends his dark critique of the modern world
Killing the planet to save it
Our eco warriors have gone through the looking glass
Tracking modernity — trains in the modern world
On the complex realities of rail
A bill must be a scalpel
The new “Conversion Therapy Bill” must be precise and accurate
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
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create