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It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
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Has Donald Trump saved Pedro Sánchez’s career?
Criticism from the widely unpopular American president is a political boon for the Spanish prime minister
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Game of Thrones star steals the show
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