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A triumph of light and space
The success of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery.
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire