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Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
