mask wearing
The flawed reasoning behind the mask “requirement” in healthcare settings
The spurious attempts of NHS chief executives to defend their positions
Let’s face it
Governments use masking to force compliance, not fight viruses
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)