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Pensions or the planet?
Fund managers are torn between maximising clients’ savings and saving the Earth
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub