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The curious decline of the charismatic criminal
What happened to a classic British institution?
Something in the way Xi moves
We should engage the CCP instead of being intimidated
The Conservatives have failed conservatism
The family should have been paramount among concerns
Don’t make Iran the new Ukraine
American hawks are pushing for war with Tehran
Gods of the gantry
Motson’s death has reminded us of the enduring power of good commentary
Getting school history wrong
The myth of British educational parochialism
The emptiness of the “abolish” meme
Reform doesn’t sound quite as exciting
The sad state of British film
Why do we accept comfortable irrelevance?
Edward Leigh: Fighter Ace
Never in the field of human endeavour has so much been blamed on so few
Close the MP-to-media pipeline
You probably aren’t going to be good at television
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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
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane