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Unlikely auteur of mercy
Dan Hitchens makes the case for film director Shane Meadows as a genius of Christian art
Odesa: The Battle for a City’s Soul
Putin’s war has only strengthened the Ukrainian identity of a port where many have turned against their own Russian language and want to tear down Moscow’s imperial monuments
How the Bank broke the Government
By letting a rickety asset class grow like topsy, the Bank of England created the crisis blamed on the mini-budget
How did it all go so wrong for Liz Truss?
The former prime minister was fundamentally right in her diagnosis of the situation at home and abroad and what should be done about it
The trans shaming of a rape survivor
The shocking case of an assault victim denied life-saving surgery because she asked for single-sex facilities
The big lie: The inside story of the BBC’s Bashir cover-up
How the Corporation betrayed its founding principles to protect senior executives
The forgotten heroes of the Fourth Plinth
A thoughtful artwork that highlights the complex history of anti-colonalism in Africa
How to drink port without the storm
There is nothing more agreeable than a glass or two of fine vintage port at Christmas. As long as it agrees with us!
Weighing up the real value of art
Why galleries are now cogs in a not-so-creative industry
All sweetness and light
Two hundred years after his birth, critic and poet Matthew Arnold still has much to teach conservatives