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Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
The Candy Man can
The people’s party: now bankrolled by one of the country’s richest property developers
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Christmas? My arse!
Seething about Santa, sofagate and the Common effing Entrance
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
