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An off-kilter visionary
Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
The Hunt boredget
Will it do more for the economy or insomnia?
Performance politics (with Lola Salem)
On the multi-pronged campaign against reality
Putting politics at the heart of everything
The NHS should care about patients, not ideology
#metoo isn’t just for straight women
Gender ideology is threatening consent
William Golding and the curse of the dream
We must resist the lure of utopianism
The dog won’t hunt
Why are we so dismissive of rural ways?
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Literally Hitler?
Britain may be a fascist country, but the trains certainly don’t run on time
Not coming to a venue near you
How activists have forced a documentary film underground
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
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library