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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
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false