Seville
End of a bullfighting era
Morante may now retire, weeping like Alexander because there are no more lands to conquer
Struggles of a veteran matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Sublime in Seville
Happiness is a cold, autumnal day with a warm gun
Soma-ed to the max in Seville
Partaking of the delights of the capital city of Spain’s Andalusia increasingly feels too Aldous Huxley for comfort
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
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Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Restoration romps
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Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour