Anne Applebaum
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Bye bye, Beeb?
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Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations