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His race is run
ASH Smyth remembers Ben Cross, Harold Abrahams, and the impact Chariots of Fire had on his 10-year-old self
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It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
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Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
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Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes