René Magritte
The scatalogical subversive
Magritte’s work is no more socially potent than dog-mess on a doorstep
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Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
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So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
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This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
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On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
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A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
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Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day