The Kinks
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
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unconquered by a
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
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Hippo critical
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A haunted house
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
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Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Saved from the flames
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