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The Government stole Christmas
For small businesses, Sunak’s billion is a pimple patch on a sucking chest wound
Green light for hysteria
There are times when precaution stands in the way of what is right
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times