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When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs