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A hellhole Noël
Stalag 17 followed by Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is an ideal festive double-bill
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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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
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
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Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works