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The raw truth about legal crowdfunding
Don’t waste money on censorious causes with no legal case
Jiving in the ruins
This dazzling album features young composers in hyperinflationary Berlin
Creativity and chaos
Writers with biographies to match their books
The Zelensky dilemma
Rhetoric will not end the war
Oil, art and the perils of patronage
Art patrons have always been on the wrong side of history
A School of Place?
Wrong answers to good questions on urban design
It’s not for kids
Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute
In praise of pomp and pageantry
We must not have a stripped-down coronation
Germany at the crossroads
Coming to terms with Merkel’s toxic legacy
Get CRT out of schools
Divisive ideas are being imposed on our kids
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
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
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state