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Things have only got wetter
What have the Conservatives achieved?
Sack the lot at rotten Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is drowning in a puddle of self-willed mediocrity
Children and gender distress
Modish answers may not be the best
Risk your neck, save your soul
Against the sterility of safetyism
Ride-sharing
The joys of owning (part of) a racehorse
A Vilnius descent
Progress only goes so far
Schumann/Mahler: Symphonies 1&2 (Naxos)
Schumann cannot be ignored
We are not so far from the Victorians
There is no cause for despair
Double dutch
Latin nomenclature can be useful
Ready for take-off
Leaping into style with a jumpsuit
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
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough