Abraham Lincoln
Dishonest Abe
He is revered as the man who freed US slaves. Yet he never intended to do so and it was he who forced a war for the Union
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening