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Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Dinah Casson, Lund Humphries, £29.95.
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Have We Got Politicians for You
We are failing rape victims
The vulnerable are sacrificed to indulge the entitled
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
Ukraine war is not an example of “toxic masculinity”
History suggests that female rulers are far more likely to start wars than their male counterparts
How the Church blew it on race
A secretive Church of England commission is intent on seeing bigotry everywhere
Labour’s Wakefield win is nothing to crow over
Maybe turning Labour into the “some-women-have-penises” party isn’t such a popular electoral strategy after all
The not-so-beautiful game
Paul Lay and Nick Timothy discuss the morality — and immorality — of football
A Hitch in time
Our Falklands correspondent muses on the importance of the war to the late journalist
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
The war for warmth
Russia is sending General Winter west