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Beyond satire
Opera North and English Touring Opera have plied an honourable trade without trying to gain kudos
Cameron’s unhappy heirs
A march of misadventures
Sturgeon’s hubris was her downfall
History will not be kind to her time as leader
The poverty of “choice”
We should all be concerned that women are avoiding motherhood
My perfect castaway
Robin Ashenden whiled away a forced sojourn in Georgia by feasting on the back catalogue of Desert Island Discs and compiling a list of his favourite guests
Time doesn’t fly in Bianchini’s company
Heilbron writes with authority and – what is more unusual – genuine passion
Sturgeon walks into the sunset
The overwhelming figure of Scottish politics is human after all
The party that refuses to govern
Sturgeon’s resignation is indicative of the SNP’s failures
The Women Talk Back! judgement is a victory for inclusion
Female students deserve their own spaces
The Pope’s African pilgrimage
Does the continent represent the future of Catholicism?
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
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people