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Playing the game
The grey areas of the law: trying to lead a life on the right side of The Poaching Act
PMQs: The reboot
The main characters have their character arcs amusingly inverted
The Critic Books Podcast: C J Carey’s Widowland
C J Carey speaks to Francesca Peacock about Widowland
Could the US be heading towards civil war?
A crash course on the causes of modern civil wars
Rabble-rouser in chief
Our increasingly polarised and angry age wants not entertainment, but preachers
Unpaid and unappreciated
The feminist fix: It’s time to end the amnesty on male slobs
Scenting success
The wondrous whiff of sex, spice and civet
Happy New Keir!
Starmer channels his Mr Darcy
In defence of being shrill
My fight with James Max
Malcolm Arnold: A centenary celebration (Somm)
Orchestras should be ashamed of their aversion to the composer
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
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities