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Get in the van, sunshine!
The spirit of Voltaire was notably absent in parliament
Wrestling with recovery
There is no binary between sickness and health
Against British decline
How can we hold the nation together?
Back door diplomacy
A fine history of Operation Chiffon
Beware the false victim
History shows the folly of insisting that certain classes of people can do no wrong
The preserve of the forelock-tuggers
Modern Buildings in Britain offers an encyclopaedia of potential future losses
Coronation in high definition
Confronting the mysteries of a sacred institution
An “Asian NATO” would be no good for U.S. foreign policy
America’s expansive view of its national interest is built on unstable foundations
Women will play on
Don’t ask a woman to take herself out of the game
The fairytale of British Republicanism
My coronation day with Republic
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects