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Such stuff as dreams are made on
Common dream themes cut across vast differences in the waking lives of humans
A fascinating record of a vanished world
The delight of the diaristic form is seeing through another’s perspective
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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
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history