action heroes
All action, no abstraction
On the hunks and lunks who dominated two decades of Hollywood
Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
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Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power