October 7th
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
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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
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion