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Musicals

Revel in Runyon

A classic gem with extra polish

On Theatre

Anne McElvoy

Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools

Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades

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Bartek Staniszewski

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Single-minded

Enjoy some new malt whiskies coming to market

On Drink

Henry Jeffreys

Killing with kindness

“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls

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Victoria Smith

Legal laughs

Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing

On Law

Yuan Yi Zhu

Queen of Hearts

Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted

Columns

Romeo Coates

Newsnight and the rapist

The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape

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Ben Sixsmith

The 15-minute bait and switch

15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza

Features

Alex Klaushofer

Dumb, glum and zero-sum

British thinking has to value supply more than distribution

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Kristian Niemietz

Moroccan gold

Enjoy some of the finest food ever eaten at the exquisite Farasha Farmhouse

Eating Out

Lisa Hilton

Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design

There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested

On Architecture

Charles Saumarez Smith

Save this perfect Welsh building

The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved

On Architecture

Charles Saumarez Smith

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