Rumours
Stereophonic hits all the right notes
Watch events unfold from behind the mixing desk
Rumourmongering in times of crisis
Nigel Jones compares the power of rumours in Wartime Britain with the fake news afflictions of our Covid-stricken society
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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
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured