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How Bernie Sanders stole Hillary Clinton’s youth vote
They’re both very old, but Sanders won the youth vote
‘Are you worried about being sexually assaulted?’: my night in Cologne
I chased the shadow of the New Year’s Eve sex attacks through the city’s carnival
How humanity learned to love whales (and what they taught us in return)
How humanity learned to love them – and what we learned about ourselves in the process
There’s one real way to stop gang crime: legalise drugs
Brutal, needless stabbings on our city streets will never cease until drugs are legalised
The slow death of the pension pot
If the Chancellor carries on hacking at tax relief, we’ll need to find new ways to save for our old age
Why British investors are wrong to panic about China
The western stock-market panic over China is excessive and irrational … so buy now
Buy-to-let investing just became a very, very bad idea
If you pick up a buy-to-let property now, you’ll be fighting the full might of the Chancellor and the Bank of England
A former England international on the meaning of the Six Nations
Back in 1882, exactly 100 years before I was born, the Four Nations rugby competition was formed. It was originally…
Tina
Dearest, I’d love to have your Tina to stay —what are aunts for? — but I’m not sure if it…
Six Nations rugby
Back in 1882, exactly 100 years before I was born, the Four Nations rugby competition was formed. It was originally…
Tina
Dearest, I’d love to have your Tina to stay —what are aunts for? — but I’m not sure if it…
Everything has gone right for the Eurosceptics. So why are they in crisis?
Eurosceptics could hardly have asked for more favourable conditions for a referendum. After barely surviving a financial crisis, the European…
Breaking
Was everybody scared? Mum was, certainly. Slip-clinging hold, respectability. World-lost, he didn’t care, Or didn’t cotton on. Inexplicably, He…
What’s so dangerous about this book about the Church of England?
The decline of the Church of England has been one of the most astonishing trends in modern Britain. The pews…
François Hollande’s own personal state of emergency
His response to the Paris terror attacks has left the French president increasingly isolated and unpopular
Life on board a warship in our much-reduced Royal Navy
Life on board a warship in the era of defence cuts
To survive as a Tory teacher, you have to keep quiet
Surviving as a Tory teacher means keeping quiet
The NHS has forgotten the art of a dignified death
Ten years ago, the National Health Service eased my father’s final days. My mother, this year, was not so lucky
Beware the baby-snatchers: how social services can ruin your family
Why many mothers with post-natal depression now dread a visit from social services
There may never be a better (or cheaper) time to visit South Africa
There are plenty of places to fly to for winter sun, but only one place that offers five-star hotels for…
Breaking
Was everybody scared? Mum was, certainly. Slip-clinging hold, respectability. World-lost, he didn’t care, Or didn’t cotton on. Inexplicably, He…
Breaking
Was everybody scared? Mum was, certainly. Slip-clinging hold, respectability. World-lost, he didn’t care, Or didn’t cotton on. Inexplicably, He…
South Africa
There are plenty of places to fly to for winter sun, but only one place that offers five-star hotels for…
It’s dangerous and wrong to tell all children they’re ‘gender fluid’
Children are not all ‘gender fluid’. It’s dangerous and wrong to try to persuade them that they are
Another Slice
All the books stored above our heads, all the books there aren’t enough hours to read again, and still we…
