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Celebrating the cycle of life
The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy
Naughty noughties
History repeats itself in more ways than one
Justice over the internet
Civil cases could soon be resolved quickly and cheaply through online “portals”
Football and the golden fleece
Football should consult its conscience before it jumps on the NFT bandwagon
The diary of Dilyn the dog
You think you’ve got it bad
From Worms to woke
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
Illiteracy of the tax-cut lobby
Slashing taxes cannot make a nation better off. Instead we must increase production
Buildings for butchers
How should we judge the grandoise building projects of murderous dictators?
Fat chance
Plus-sized actors and theatres rattling the begging bowl
King of the clay court
On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God
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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
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant