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Not justice, by a long stretch
Thousands of petty criminals face life in jail because of a failed sentencing policy
Is nature non-binary?
Enby birds and promiscuous plants are all part of a long history of dragging humans down to the level of beasts
England reclaimed
How we became a nation of drainage engineers
Taking Stock
“Freedom of speech is alive and well at Oxford” — but for how much longer?
Justice is not racist
Concerns about political correctness are preventing too many MPs from properly addressing the scandal of sex-grooming gangs
Why has the Guardian been ignoring Mizzy?
The viral prankster has escaped their typically promiscuous attention
Home from Hiroshima
Rishi discovers the way of the Samurai and James goes on a job hunt
The next great disinformation panic
Journalists gain trust by trusting the public
Liberalism or else
The persecution of populists
Facing the China question
What should, or can, be done about China’s power overseas?
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
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here