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A magnificent gift for Oxford
The Schwarzman Centre offers stately new facilities for all the university’s humanities departments
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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
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris