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Will Sinn Fein paint the town green?
The nationalist party may triumph in the Stormont elections, but it could prove a hollow victory
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Why should young people join the Army?
It should hardly be surprising that recruitment and retention are too low
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky