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Inside the cover of Francis Bacon: Francophile (photo courtesy of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation)
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A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
