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Nigeria’s elephant in the room
Christians are being targeted in widespread violence
The new cricket mindset
How England found their mojo
Why do we like Larkin so much?
On a love with limits
On Mount Nebo’s crest
The political life of David Trimble
How Hitler became unassailable
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss how Hitler entrenched his power across all aspects of German life in the 1930s
Riding for murdered women
Have some respect for female spaces
Bach in town
We need more classical music in public spaces
The slippery slope reality
When tolerance revises its demands upwards
What privilege is really about
Anne Frank faced problems but …
Oldies made the best holiday companions
A trio of 20th century novels each offer a different desideratum for the discerning lounger
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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
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd