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Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
Crake and ales
Patrick Galbraith hears a rare bird but fails with the rod
The potting shelf
You can grow without a garden
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet