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Don’t boycott Russian culture
It damages rather than defends civilisation
The rites of Spring
The pandemic’s chief fact checker is failing to grasp the realities of the post-covid era
Phantom on the Piccadilly Line
See it, say it, haunted
Women on the edge
A feminist frame that doesn’t fit
Some wars are just
A new film of a classic First World War novel focuses attention on the pacifism of the German elite that denies Ukraine the means of liberation
Strongholds and strong women
Three non-fiction works beat out the general mediocrity of 2022
Gordon Brown — a study in failure
The ex-PM’s dangerous quest to salvage a legacy
Qatargate is a feature — not a bug — of the EU
Brussels is the seat of too much unaccountable power not to produce scandals of this very nature
A winter of missed content
Is Britain going to be over by Christmas? Will our brave author survive the coming frost?
Who cares who wins
The mythology of the SAS
Most Read
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
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale