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Australia first
What are we supposed to fight for in the Pacific? Is it for Australia or for the sake of US pre-eminence?
Dilyn the Dog goes to conference
Remember, there’s no difference between Team Rishi and Team Tory
Team Europe
In the Ryder Cup the US have the superstars, the major titles, the private jets. Europe have team spirit
Afternoon delights
Alexander Larman reports from a half-liberated, half-imprisoned world
Redefining the rule of law
How much will MPs allow the Lord Chancellor to “rebalance” the constitution?
Trans-Korean and proud
Those born in the wrong skin have always been persecuted for living their truth
Pensions or the planet?
Fund managers are torn between maximising clients’ savings and saving the Earth
Rosie Cackle
Veteran comedienne
The Diary of Dilyn the Dog
As told to Robert Hutton
Turning students into weapons
The control of free speech at universities is a first step on a path towards totalitarianism
School of hard knocks
Young people need to be taught resilience, not how to revel in trauma and fragility
Breaking the doom loop
If we don’t return to normal now, when can we?
Why are political donations suspect?
Donors pay twice: with their money and by having their reputations tarnished
Hit the road, Jack
It’s time for Villa fans to let Grealish go
It’s not Rooney, it’s you
When identity is the primary means of engagement with art, criticism is reduced to mud-slinging
Unclean
Mridul Wadhwa wants to “clean” women out of Edinburgh Rape Crisis history
The noise before defeat
Even a good retreat would not have rescued a bad war
The parent trap
Are social workers targeting mothers who serve frozen meals?
Going nowhere
Covid-19 travel laws “may change with little warning”, so why plan ahead?
Modernist architecture melts our brains
Findings from lockdown suggest environments lacking the complexity of life may pose a threat to humanity