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Sprinting in the coronavirus marathon
Europe escaped SARS in 2003 – and duly failed to plan for the next pandemic
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions