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The meaninglessness of moderation
Compromise is not valuable in itself
DPRKino
The wonderful world of North Korean cinema
The “on behalf of ” Labour Party
It was founded as the party of working people, so why are Labour’s prospective MPs more middle-class than ever before?
Toppling Babel
How truckers took on Trudeau
For a good cause?
National Lottery funding and activist organisations
Floating buildings at the Biennale
18th Venice Biennale Architettura, 20 May-26 November 2023
The article Cherwell killed
Higher education must stop excluding disagreement
The medieval shock of the new
Changes in the early modern period forced people to look at themselves anew
How one woman took on the DWP and won
It isn’t “discriminatory” to challenge politicisation
Student visas reconsidered
Should the Tories be so proud to have been raising numbers?
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
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are