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The freedom to live out your faith
Qatar proves we need a new definition of freedom of religion
Qatargate is a feature — not a bug — of the EU
Brussels is the seat of too much unaccountable power not to produce scandals of this very nature
A cupful of cash
Qatar 2022: tournament of shame
The Apollo creed
Let’s get Britain going!
We can do better than the NHS
Why do we accept sub-par care?
The courage to defeat Evil
Why are people fighting a long-dead slave trade rather than resisting the triumph of a real one?
Triumph of the horrible game
Michael Henderson reviews The Age of Football: The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century by David Goldblatt
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
