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Goths

The bats have left the bell tower

The bats have left the bell tower

What happened to goths?

Books
John Sturgis

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Tame Impala fails to impress

unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food

Eating Out
Lisa Hilton

A shameful Bill

Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration

Columns
Chris Bayliss

Going Green

A day out with Zack Polanski and friends

Columns
Fred Sculthorp

Bye bye, Beeb?

A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC

Artillery Row
Christopher Snowdon

Pleasure and persuasion

Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)

Columns
Norman Lebrecht

A step forward for academic freedom

It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education

Artillery Row
Freddie Attenborough
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The knife and the bone

After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders

Columns
Tom Jones

Among the true believers

Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat

On Europe
Tom Jones

The original sin

It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson

Columns
Robert Hutton

The dark side of the White House

As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama

On Television
Adam LeBor

Badenoch in the bindweed

The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone

Columns
Chris Bayliss

When can we believe what we read?

Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read

Artillery Row
Mario Laghos

Vandalising the law

Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it

Columns
Josephine Bartosch

Reform’s man in Makerfield

An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities

Artillery Row
David Shipley

The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery

The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword

Extremely Online
Ben Sixsmith

Britain lacks a party of the young

Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests

Columns
Sebastian Milbank
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