Aethelflaed
Lessons from the lady of the Mercians
Alfred’s daughter Aethelflaed should inspire the next MP of Runcorn
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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
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
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Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
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Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting