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The emperors’ new clothes
Beard emerges with a portrait of the emperors’ afterlives as vivid as the busts themselves
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
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Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down