Everyday Lies
Capturing the wrong picture
Why bother with accuracy when you can get away with approximation?
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)