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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles

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Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem

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Michael Nazir-Ali

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If Donald Trump wins, it’s over

Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence

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Titania McGrath

The hollowness of postliberalism

Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism

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Tom Jones

Twitter has always been toxic

Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness

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Victoria Smith

Cities of the mind

19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination

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Leo Varadkar is still stirring division

The former Taoiseach should have more humility

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The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide

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Andrew Rosindell

A captivating northern star

If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down

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Norman Lebrecht

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