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Gender ketman
Masking doubts to avoid dissent
The limits of nationalism (w/ Adrian Pabst)
What is the proper place of the nation in a globalised world?
Cutting Edge
A new novel brilliantly skewers gender theory
Orbán’s reconquista
Are the Hungarian Prime Minister and his allies poised to take over the institutions of the EU?
The making of a modern prophet
Taylor’s impressive second biography of Orwell is more than justified
Two essays in excellence
The BBC at its best on Shakespeare, and remembering Barry Humphries.
An effortful opera
A fun but difficult production of Il Trovatore
Against “squint a bit” feminism
Catherine MacKinnon can’t avoid the obvious
Creatures of the right
The Rock and Roll lifestyle that is Tory politics is starting to take its toll on an aging party of government
TV crime spree
From Washington to Belfast via a conspiracy thriller, Adam LeBor reviews the latest television drama.
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
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire