Anthony Smith
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers