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Stephen Pollard
Stephen Pollard is the former editor of The Jewish Chronicle
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
The National Trust should act its age
Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids
Great big rain showers
C Schumann/Grieg: Piano concertos (Signum)
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Religious freedom is being ignored this election
The global persecution of Christians and other religious minorities will be a defining issue for the next government, but it is barely being discussed
The Worlds of Marco Polo: The Journey of a Thirteenth-Century Venetian Merchant; Palazzo Ducale, Venice
For millennia all that was rare, exquisite, gorgeous and strange traversed the “Silk Road”
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
Nesta, I detest ya
An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity