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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Nigel Farage is not establishment
Power in the UK is not determined by your schooling or your bank account
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Should I buy Breaky Bottom?
England’ greatest vineyard is up for sale for the first time. Henry Jeffreys looks into whether it will make a good business proposition.
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Why Devon is saying no to a data centre
It would transform the local environment, and the local economy, for the worse
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
