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Eastern promise
Three worthy TV shows now streaming that allow you to zip around the world with a few clicks
Kwasi kwits
One ex-chancellor is a tragedy, four ex-chancellors is a statistic
Coffey and cigarettes
Smokers have suffered enough
The Cockwombible
James Felton’s new book is lazy and bad
Bin Lizzie
The Tories cannot win with Truss
The curious cult of the friend of fascism
Ayn Rand’s vile philosophy was one of the crudest ever to be taken seriously, but attracts the devotion of fundamentalists for whom she could do no wrong
Populists: doing us all a favour
Don’t sneer at those who challenge the vested interests of the elite
The police should use their powers
They have the right to remove protestors from roads
Sorry, Mr Reasonable
It’s too late for centrism in the gender wars
The curious case of Andrew Tate
A very 21st century troll
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
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets