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Thin gruel theology
Apparently, thank heavens, being a Christian means all blame is external
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing