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Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward