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The death of luxury
When did we all decide to stop travelling, and living, in style?
Modern echoes of ancient history
Stephen Kershaw may have taken accessibility too far in his classical account
Steel works
Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas
It should have been Kemi
The Tories may have just thrown away the next election
The Gen X delusion
They like to play the cynic, but Gen X built the modern world and got rich doing it
A return to duty
Campaign Diary: Bedbound reflections on the ongoing brutality of war in Ukraine
We need more private schools
The last thing we should do is make them more expensive
The Chronicles of Borisland
A magical land where it is always summer and nobody ever has to resign
Why women don’t trust Penny Mordaunt
She is not being honest about her record
Against industrial decline
The Green Industrial Revolution was not enough to revive British industry
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 SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages