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45 seconds to midnight
Say what you will of nuclear war but at least, unlike this election, it’s mercifully brief
The Incredible Sulk
Nigel Farage is all about entertainment — not difficult questions
No one will believe the Conservatives on immigration
They have broken promises far too many times
Reform can perform
Has Britain found its insurgent populist party?
Is Badenoch ready?
The stand-out Conservative looks less convincing with each interview
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division
Children need education, not indoctrination
We need more debate on what children are being taught in RHSE
An election without ideas
We need intellectual substance, not just idle gossip
Medical science is oppressive
Illness and wellness are mere taxonomies of power
Sein oder Nichtsein
What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
