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City of diamonds

The genius of the Antwerp Six

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Hannah Betts

When the music stopped

A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism

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Consent isn’t everything

Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled

Columns

Helen Joyce

The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing

It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation

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Tom Jones

Ireland must accept the Cass Review

The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition

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Sandra Adams

Tory Utopias

1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism

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Francis Young

Cardinal win

Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one

On Cinema

Robert Hutton

Could there be a Reform revolution?

Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?

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Luca Watson

Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell

Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer

Portcullis

Robert Hutton

How to end the free speech crisis

The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws

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Fred de Fossard

Leo Varadkar is still stirring division

The former Taoiseach should have more humility

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Owen Polley

Megalomania

Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess

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Jane Cooper

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