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Against lifestylism
Begging the state to fix the symptoms of societal dysfunction is the politics of losers
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
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
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue