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More sad than naughty
A BDSM book by a group keen to challenge gender norms is oddly conventional
What Boris Johnson told the ’22
Digs at Nicola Sturgeon and an end to lockdown “before the tulip season is over”
Optimism ain’t what it used to be
Hopeless is as hopeless does
Is British democracy poised to become a more equal fight?
Will equal sized constituencies redraw the electoral battle map?
A salute to our oldest ally
There’s far more to Portugal than its reputation as one of Europe’s economic basket cases
Remembering Khamis Abulafia: broadcaster, baker, peacemaker
As the remnants of Israel’s left implode and the hard-right strengthens further, Israel needs voices like Khamis’s more than ever
Surviving the straits of hell
An old press cutting provided the key to a defiant tale of life after Auschwitz
Peculiar world of a singular talent
Highsmith was a great writer, with a moral vision bracing enough to clarify the terrors of the twentieth century
The final frontier
Christopher North says bullfighting thrives in a culture where death is discussed, not hidden
It’ll all be ended by Christmas
Don’t say ‘Protect the NHS’ three times in front of a mirror