neon light
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear