Cigars
Living well need not always mean living healthily
We should reject safetyism and embrace an uncomplicated zest for life
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
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The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
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Terry tackles literary lightweights
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Britain in 1776
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
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A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
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