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The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
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Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs