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A fistful of Gandhis
The condescending contrivances of diversified dosh
The ties that bind
Political unions are not determined by economic realities
Can self-respecting feminists remain in the Labour Party?
Trans extremists are calling for Rosie Duffield MP to lose the Labour whip – yet even she is not willing to offer a full throated defence of scientific truth
Lady Macbeth joins the SNP
Making sense of the SNP’s internecine conflict
The liberal hero who sealed in Ulster’s sectarianism
John Hume, 1937-2020
Who told Boris to make Claire Fox a peer and why?
Johnathan Ball was three years old, Tim Parry was twelve
The fear of the fever: how we are now living the authentic Victorian experience
Covid-19 is bringing us closer to the Victorians more than any recreation of an 1830s London townhouse ever could
Bridge Over Troubled Water: 50 Years On
Half a century on, the song remains an an eternally affecting evocation of the need for solidarity and comfort
Footnoting the Belfast Agreement’s invisible annex
Owen Polley reviews Breaking Peace: Brexit and Northern Ireland by Feargal Cochrane
How I discovered Germany
Daniel Johnson on how he found a lost love for the Germans
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
Two-tier policing is not new
Our authorities must operate without fear or favour again
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
