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Beware of the bull
The post-Covid stock market boom will be brought to an end by rising inflation
Lover, muse, artist
The aim of this new biography is to re-establish this undeservedly overlooked artist
Robert the Lionheart
Rob Burrow approaches MND like he did Rugby League: with bravery and without fear
Free to make bad decisions
Surrogacy bans set sexist restrictions on women’s bodies
Round Midnight: Dutilleux, Merlin, Schoenberg (Erato)
This is razzle-dazzle entertainment; keep it by your bedside
20 years of The Ricky Gervais Show
Ricky Gervais’s best comedy survives by fans swapping bootlegged recordings
Petrol panic 2021
The petrol shortage could have been avoided if petrol stations had raised their prices
The meaning of life
Many find theology dusty, but McGrath makes a pitch for it as the centre of our world
Priest holes and priest hunters
By excluding the unvaccinated from the Eucharist, the church sets its face against the faithful
Letter from Washington: Biden’s big truths and little lies
The president’s self-styled straight talking is less honest than it seems