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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home