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The perils of prosperity
Does the decadent West have the will to defy Putin?
It’s a wrap
London seems like a brave new world after touching down from Venice
How to be a literary editor
Done well, book reviews have never been more important
As war rages we must not give in to hate
Human lives escape the simple enmities of war and nationalism
Putin must be mad
…and other lies Western elites tell themselves
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
Plains of plenty
The Masai Mara has defied gloomy predictions of decline and still supports a thriving ecosystem as rich as it ever was
Payton’s place as an icon
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who is a Ukrainian musician?
Music and ethnicity are both more complex than nationalism allows
A quiet revolution
Enough of reformers who want to turn schools upside-down without knowing which way is up
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do