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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
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
Scruffy splendour
Holy Week showcases a very Venetian combination of Renaissance splendour and DIY
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
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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
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
The problem with permanent secretaries
The role offers too much power with too little accountability
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked