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The French disorder
France needs more realism about its social decay
Same as the old Conservatives
Partying like it’s 2019
The problem with problem gambling
Let’s try to keep things in perspective
Men are not mothers
The media pretence is insulting to women
Demystifying the cyber-hackers
What is being kept safe, and how, and from whom, are not just engineering questions
Gimme shelter
The case for reopening the asylums
The sludge of sensitivity
Politics is degrading our cultural classics
Uganda’s horrific anti-homosexuality law
Christians must stand against the Church of Uganda over its support for a horrific law
The duty of care
What, asks this new memoir-manifesto, are families for?
History to be heeded
The evils of Hitler and Stalin should haunt us today
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
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change