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Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
Walk tall in these shoes
If you buy the best kit, it will last much longer
Hi-ho silver lining
On the joy of shiny metallic footwear
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem