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We can’t trust the National Trust’s history
How on earth did the National Trust hire a non-historian to do an historian’s job?
Is the National Trust losing the nation’s trust?
If the National Trust is tired of promoting “heritage” what can be done to remind it of its purpose?
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation