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Mama mia!
Claudia Savage-Gore angsts about being interviewed on a chi-chi website
Bananas republic
Helping the dear leader pay the bills was all part of the service in the Glorious People’s Republic of Boris
Lions, lies and legislation
The harms of trophy hunting have been exaggerated
Return of the mercenaries
Putin’s hired killers have money on their minds
The content of conservatism
It is not just the absence of ideology
How I lost feminism, and myself, and found my way back to both
Had feminism changed or had I?
The Bedfords: a marriage of minds
Keir Davidson draws on abundant family archives to paint extensive biographies of artistic and scientific patronage
Liar, crook and Hollywood great
For all Cimino’s flaws, there was still “the vision thing”
The “incel” moral crisis
Don’t meme violent criminals into existence
Beware of false prophets
Why are we so drawn to gurus?
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
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans