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The wild north
On screen savage battles, middle-aged villains, decline and disease are reviewed by Robert Hutton
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Patchett is as good as she needs to be
Whistler by Ann Patchett; The Smiths: A Novella by Michael
Bracewell; Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall