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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
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Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
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Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
The paté of the Land
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