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What do the English think of Englishness?
Graham Cunningham asks why Englishness has failed to garner its own version of the self-flattering national mythology of so many other nations
Going the way of all the earth
Our inability to do justice to the death of Prince Philip
Brexit’s best argument
VDL’s hapless performance must be delighting Brexiteers
Letter to Brezhnev: a lesson for today?
The 1985 film directed by Frank Clarke is a homage not only to Liverpool, but to hope, risk, and love
The questionable innocence of Pontius Pilate
Steve Morris argues that this new book about Pontius Pilate helps us understand the limits of state and law
Leading the good life
Peter Ainsworth 1956-2021
The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff
The notorious fraudster Bernie Madoff has died in prison at the age of 82
Emerging from the shadow of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Placing the poems of Pre-Raphaelite muse Elizabeth Siddal in context
Soma-ed to the max in Seville
Partaking of the delights of the capital city of Spain’s Andalusia increasingly feels too Aldous Huxley for comfort
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
No room for reform?
We should hope that even the worst people can change
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
