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Beware of the Boris haters
Many of Boris Johnson’s most fervent detractors are drawn from the “Restablishment”, an elite who despise him for his stance on Europe and seek to frustrate the rolling back of the state
Turn to page two for kink and sex toys
Schools are using teaching material provided by opaque consultancies pushing fringe views on sex and race
Clothes maketh not an Iron Lady
Liz Truss’s naive doctrine of “geo-liberalism” will not survive contact with the frictions and compromises of a messy, complex world
Our revels are now ended
The unavoidable tide of demographics and globalisation will bring an end to the long economic boom
High times with high minds
Inside long-ago Alpine “reading parties” with Oxford University’s most exclusive secret society
Dealing with sticky fingers
Theft is the enemy of good business, leaving less for profit, wages and the taxman
Why the Church fails to get answers from above
The Anglican hierarchy is obsessed with management structures over the real issues of morality, theology and falling congregations
Let there be light
Raphael’s masterful depiction of divine light owes much to Dante, who incorporated the latest
optical thinking in his visionary poetry
Like Wotan driving the storm
What it’s like to fulfil a boyhood dream on the footplate of a classic steam locomotive
In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great
A trek through the Hindu Kush to seek out the ancient Kalash people, who claim descent from Alexander’s army