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Murders for December
From Sweden to Bombay
British museums are failing visitors
Keep the exhibitions open!
A farewell to Carmen
Why will there be no more Carmen Callils?
Norse mode
How John Gabriel Borkman is a hard Ibsen play to like
Against Nigeria’s blasphemy laws
No one should be killed over their beliefs
The false choice between housing and wildlife
Biodiversity targets are killing housebuilding. They needn’t
Places to be
A wonderful book about English eccentrics impresses James Stevens Curl
The pontiff who looked the other way
David Kertzer unearths dramatic evidence from recently-released Vatican files
The blue blazer
Liz Truss’s story is a salutary tale
#MeToo and the death of subversive art
We need culture that takes thematic risks
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
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree