Émile Zola
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
A writer unsure who he wanted to be
Emile Zola: A Determined Life by Robert Lethbridge; Émile Zola: Writing Modern Life by Rachel Bowlby
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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In defence of Lara Bird
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
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge