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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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
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An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
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