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Lancashire

Borne back into the past … of Bolton

Borne back into the past … of Bolton

Oh no, not another cliche!

On Radio
Michael Henderson

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The Book of JO’B

James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles

Artillery Row
Michael Murphy

A failed war on fags

The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under

Artillery Row
Christopher Snowdon

Thank God for Brexit

The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out

Artillery Row
Tim Worstall

I don’t trust the British state

British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve

Columns
Sebastian Milbank

The lonely death of Henry Nowak

We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case

Columns
Ben Sixsmith

Escape to the country

Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day

Table Talk
Claudia Savage-Gore
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The paté of the Land

Chinese water deer, partridges and paté

Country Notes
Patrick Galbraith

The costs of independence

Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism

Artillery Row
Dan Boucher

Awards ceremonies are erasing women

Biological males should not receive awards intended for women

Artillery Row
Janet Murray

Where are all the ambitious Scots?

Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants

Columns
Ned

Working with Woods

There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans

Books
Richard Negus

Knowingly crass and conflicted

This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it

The Critics
Pierre d’Alancaisez

The dark side of the White House

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

On Television
Adam LeBor

Final Analysis

The real measure of a degree

University Challenged
University Challenged

The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline

For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order

Artillery Row
Charlotte Choley

The principles of peers

Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers

Artillery Row
Fleur Elizabeth Meston
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