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The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
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The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
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