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Red meat week?
Boris Johnson is reduced to conducting his publicity tours in secret
Sectarian cinema?
It may not be easy, but multicultural societies must embrace liberal values if they are to survive
The power of flags
Even in a material age, symbols matter
A very British crank
Bertrand Russell is almost too familiar a figure to be worth remembering
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
Our golden age
Today’s jockeys are the best ever
Rolling back into town
The world’s greatest band return to Liverpool — do they still have it?
Erwin Schulhoff: Violin sonatas (Orfeo/FHR)
Virtuosity amidst violence
Weeds in the garden
A brilliant new work walks the thorny path of motherhood
Doing time
British prison sentences must be taken with a generous pinch of salt
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action