Beeching Cuts
Beeching’s brutal legacy
The wounds of our lost railways still linger
All aboard!
Tom Chesshyre picks his favourite British railways
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
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Attacking the Space:
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Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany