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Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
A car for the connoisseur
Revelling and revving in the Alvis
Going nuts
Becoming a food-withholding “almond mom”
Just not cricket
The stumping of Bairstow was within the rules. But was it in the spirit of the game?
The great birth certificate debate
Gender critical feminists were divided on the question of lesbian parentage
When did psychology get so cringe?
Mates don’t let mates inform manipulative politics with bad behavioural science
The need for nuclear
The best time to build a new nuclear plant was ten years ago. The second best time is now
Financial strain in the EU
Commission’s absurd budget proposal raises eyebrows
Art’s tragic tug of war
Like Scheherazade, Bruno Schulz traded his art for life
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
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won