Endurance
The Gentleman’s Marathon
ASH Smyth recounts his one experience of ‘running’ 26.2 miles
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own