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Battle of the leftists
Which group of non-teachers run the universities: Vice-chancellors or UCU leaders?
Gaullism at a crossroads
The French Right faces its old demons and its moment of truth
Boris must go – but that won’t solve the problem
The Tories are sailing into a storm
The fanatical commissar of killing
An engaging and thoroughly readable new biography on Boris Savinkov
The abandoned middle
The chancellor’s budget fails to take the side of ordinary people
Hard times on the Black Dragon River
Thubron shows an unyielding willingness to listen to those he meets and attempt to understand their worlds
Howdy, partner
On the least erotic noun in the English language
French Fancies
Is the Navy really open to all?
Walking a tightrope, tying themselves in knots
The Welsh Government’s new sex education curriculum is not fit for purpose
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine
The unusual, the unsigned, the uncategorisable
Hip-hop has its place, but not necessarily on an alternative daytime radio station