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The failing state we’re in
Backlog Britain needs urgent reform
Democracy without a demos
We have to overcome post-1989 illusions
“Dear Ezra … Yours Ever, B Bunting”
The voice of a poet whose chequered career reads like a cockeyed novel
John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox (Alpha)
Among his best work
How to walk around London
It is never just walking
Canterbury Tales redux
Pilgrimage still serves to bring people together
Wining and dining = reconciling
If turbulent priests can reach an accord over food and drink, then so can politicians
Dealing with sticky fingers
Theft is the enemy of good business, leaving less for profit, wages and the taxman
Stand with Salman Rushdie
There should be no doubt
Transing Joan
She, Joan. You, hack
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 Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
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
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism