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Putin’s pals
The world has not united against Russia
Posthumous courting
Sometimes love can conquer even the unimpassioned proceedings of the law courts
Once more with Gustavo
“Orchestra makes right call” shock!
A major talent
Missy Mazzoli: Dark with excessive bright (BIS)
The bats have left the bell tower
What happened to goths?
The new Christo-elitism
On the dangers of intra-religious alienation
The conversion of Paul
The political journey of Paul Johnson, who renounced his socialist ideals to become a standard-bearer of the Right
Degrading Dickens
How the BBC lowered expectations
EDI contra science
The misuse of “ethics” in academic research
So close, so far
Pilvi Takala’s breaching experiments
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 rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology