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I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Is Britain on borrowed time?
As decades of borrowing have left public finances exposed, a sovereign debt crisis is a real risk
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories