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A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working