Peter Thorley
A tale of two stranglers
We won’t accept policemen are corrupt because the thought of anarchy is intolerable
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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
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)