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On the importance of friendship
Let children’s stories be children’s stories
We need more respect for the childhood imagination
Moscow rules
The machinations of Russian regime are dramatised in a new play.
The idol of the age
The right should grasp the nettle of equality
Murders for the summer
A bounty of bloodshed
Keir Starmer should apologise to women
It will be hard to restore trust after years of denigration
Deeds not words
The police have to remember what they exist to do
A tale of two Glastos
With ho-hum bands, faux-eco fans and sky-high prices, Glastonbury Festival has strayed far from its countercultural roots
Westminster’s bogus immigration consensus
Reliance on migrants is hurting workers and limiting innovation
Higher education: a diagnosis
We need to address the underlying causes of academic decline
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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
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 Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault