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Lettuce be, Liz
Liz Truss’s account of her woeful reign is packed with disingenuity and conceit
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
Did QE cost taxpayers?
Claims that the Bank of England’s programme cost billions are a red herring
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Walk tall in these shoes
If you buy the best kit, it will last much longer
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
Not only a game
This is how it ends: the whimper, or the bang
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity