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What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
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I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
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Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Sex wars, what are they good for?
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