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Racing Awards

First past the post

The Critic’s Racing Awards

Turf Account

Stephen Pollard

A beguiling star who loved melodrama

Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics

Books

Christopher Bray

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On the King’s Road to ruin

The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London

Columns

Ned

Eerie decadence

“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama

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Robert Hutton

Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe

We cannot complacently depend on the US

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Ben Sixsmith

Defending life and liberty

Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies

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Madeleine Teahan

Take a bow

This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life

Fashion

Hannah Betts

The attractions of extremes

Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?

On Radio

Ben Sixsmith

Journeys in Genderland

The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief

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Julie Bindel

There’s no good way to equal pay

You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand

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Tim Worstall

The sadness of AI boyfriends

Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile

The Critic Essay

Eleanor Hancock

Hi-energy nutrients

Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)

Lebrecht's Album of the Week

Norman Lebrecht

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