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In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great
A trek through the Hindu Kush to seek out the ancient Kalash people, who claim descent from Alexander’s army
Party poppers
Can liberal philosophers be used to justify censorship?
Have the Tories forgotten Northern Ireland?
Its problems have not gone away
Seven years in China
COVID, nationalism and Beijing walls
Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues
Odds-on favourites
Picking a list of horses to remember
What we don’t talk about when we don’t talk about death
Mourning and moving furniture
The post-liberal trap
The new communitarianism looks suspiciously like what we have already
Why are British politicians such utter bores?
Mediocre people for mediocre times
Feminists under fire
We defend women’s rights and get abuse from progressives
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
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers