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A triumph of light and space
The success of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery.
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow