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Fact not fiction
A response to the GEO
Let’s face it
Governments use masking to force compliance, not fight viruses
Dr Labourstein’s monster
Knighthood or no knighthood, Tony Blair will never be re-habilitated
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber symphonies 2&4
Weinberg is an absolute master of intimated emotion
Borderline bleak
Sex and the City’s sequel is more mini-lecture series than TV drama
The rise of meta-horror
In 2022, a new Scream film must face down more than monsters
In my ears and in my eyes
The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote
Boris must go – but that won’t solve the problem
The Tories are sailing into a storm
Professor Gopal has the Varsity blues
Fighting antisemitism is not a “conflict of interest”
Money doesn’t smell
What’s the point of refusing Sackler funds for concert halls?
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)