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Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Action Tom
Can Tom Tugendhat MP resolve his vibes problem?
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
