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The road to recovery
First in 1945, then 1997 and now 2024. The three times in history that a Labour government has been elected on a sweeping majority, crushing the Conservative incumbents. What Keir Starmer…
An age without rival
It wasn’t long before Hallowe’en that I noted many of the significant women in my life – including my wife and the editrix of this august publication – were devoting…
Unfree speech
Free speech is “under threat”, or so we are continually told. Under threat from whom?…
The rewilding Republican
Some years ago, I saw the legendary radical environmentalist Dave Foreman give his famous “howl…
Where hope takes root
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Bonkers bunkers
In December 2023 Ron Hubbard, a security consultant from Texas (not to be confused with…
Time for a class act
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Why Labour has to be conservative
Here’s a paradox for you: Britain is a conservative country…
Natural hazards
The first novel that truly affected me as a young reader was eschatological in nature.…
All that jazz
When we were finally released from lockdown in summer 2021, a hedonistic return to real…
Hopeful histories
“No news is good news”, the saying goes, but the reverse is also true. Good…
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Flying the flag
The rise of Britain's new patriotism: loud, flag-obsessed and convinced the nation is falling apart
Dollar fever
Competing currencies won’t unlock the world from the shackles of US financial hegemony
The Place of No Return
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AI makes you stupid
It's shrinking your brain – but don't panic, because swearing can reboot your cognitive creativity
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Mid-life fever
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LIFE
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