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A brave voice against the barbarians
David Pryce-Jones recalls a life of literary friendships and the defence of Western civilisation
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter