female genital mutilation
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
No culture above women’s rights
Protecting vulnerable women and girls demands a firmer line on harmful practices and a clearer commitment to integration
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully