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Diplomatic baggage
The EU is now demanding that it has an ambassador of equal standing to any nation state. So is the EU a state after all?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
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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
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)