Modern Classics
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom