Lee Kuan Yew
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
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Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
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Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
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The Mash meets The Ring!
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How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
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Louis Theroux’s attempt to find the trauma that motivates androcratic influencers is unconvincing
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FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
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New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
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Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
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