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Don’t tell us the truth!
Richard Waghorne says the Blitz spirit means suppressing information about Corona
The politics of the Pet Shop Boys
How the electronic dance duo made more than a minimal contribution to music
The year the music died
It was 40 years ago today: the magnificent swansong of rock and roll
The myth of Abbey Road
Abbey Road is less a cornerstone of the Beatles’ legend than its tombstone
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia