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Unbaking the genderbread person
As many schools find themselves at the frontline of gender identity belief systems, what do parents need to know?
Prophet of the end of liberalism
John Gray at 75
A levelling down agenda
An attempt to boost school diversity has lowered standards
Glenn Gould’s musical laboratory
Glenn Gould: String quartet, opus 1 (CPO)
The Whig view of Spanish history
For left-wing author Giles Tremlett, concord is the telos of Spain’s history — on the left’s terms, that is
Brute pleasures
Let us now praise famous concrete
The quietest guest of all
The clavichord makes up for a lack of grandeur with extraordinary expressiveness
Pyramids for piggies and Gothic privies
Mixed in with the whimsical, the eccentric and the downright weird, there are masterpieces
Murders for April
Dark academia and classic hollywood horror
Pain and glory
Roger Waters’ last stand in Madrid
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
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on