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My Body: a lesson in self-awareness
It would be easy to deride Emily Ratajowski as a hypocrite, but there is something deeper underneath her famous looks
Lions led by donkeys
This tired cliché recently came to mind in a British hospital
To catch a culture thief
A vast global market in stolen and forged art and artefacts has only grown in the context of the pandemic, but technology and international policing may be catching up
The silent treatment
Physical “conversion therapy” is already illegal, so any new sanctions will be aimed at criminalising conversations
Brahms 4th symphony, MacMillan Larghetto for orchestra
The Larghetto’s organic optimism transcends present woes and looks to bright eternity
Orwell: my self-help guru
Slavery should be reinstated so that it can be abolished by a queer woman of colour
Is Covid a Christmas or a disaster movie?
Yippee-nu-xi, Omicronner!
Boris must act on immigration
It is the issue that most concerns his supporters
Howdy, partner
On the least erotic noun in the English language
The longest night of my life
Researchers should re-think prescribing magic mushrooms for depression
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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
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere