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Richard Coles and the madness of grief

Michael Coren talks to his friend, Rev Richard Coles, about Coles’ forthcoming memoir on love, loss and grief

Boris Johnson: a quarterly report

Vaccination may have saved Boris Johnson from voters’ vengeance for Britain’s Covid disasters, but he’s not out of the woods yet, warns Nigel Jones

Schools gone woke: a view from America

In a warning to teachers around the world, one American teacher opens up about the invasion of woke orthodoxy in the education sector

Letter from Washington: How the left fell out of love with the First Amendment

The drift of the ACLU is symptomatic of a wider problem among American progressives

Im Abendrot (DG)

The baritone Matthias Goerne sings with a voice like brushed velvet and diction clearer than iced vodka in this five-star album

Murders for April

From the golden age of crime fiction to the modern day, Jeremy Black recommends seven books to see you through April

With freedom comes responsibility

Where were all the free-speech warriors when a Labour candidate sent an antisemitic tweet?

A touchline view of the Battle of Danny Boy

An apparent uptick in public interest about the British Army in Iraq includes a dramatic rendition of the Battle of Danny Boy and its aftermath

Hats off to the great British greasy spoon

Steve Morris celebrates the great British institution of the greasy spoon ‘caff’ and predicts that it will thrive again in a post-Covid world

How many Nationalist parties does it take to change a lightbulb?

Will Salmond’s Alba Party split or maximise the pro-independence vote in May?