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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes