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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…
Turkey is turning into a paranoid one-party state
President Erdogan’s increasingly tyrannical regime is suppressing the truth about its war on the Kurds
A roomful of firearms and fantasists at the world’s biggest gun show
Amid the hunters, urban cowboys and trigger-happy heroes at the world’s biggest gun show
What stops women from having it all
Don’t even ask, says Anne-Marie Slaughter, law professor and former adviser to Hillary Clinton. Motherhood still means sacrifice
This could be the year that sport starts to die
If sport loses the public’s faith – and it’s starting to – then all its power and glory will fade
Ernest Shackleton and other South Georgia ghosts
The terrible news that Henry Worsley had died just 30 miles short of crossing the Antarctic continent unsupported reached me…
The Venice Accademia: is this the smallest great gallery in the world?
The Accademia is one of the smallest of the world’s great art galleries, and picture for picture perhaps the most…
Another Slice
All the books stored above our heads, all the books there aren’t enough hours to read again, and still we…
The Venice Accademia
The Accademia is one of the smallest of the world’s great art galleries, and picture for picture perhaps the most…
Another Slice
All the books stored above our heads, all the books there aren’t enough hours to read again, and still we…
Donald Trump offers only gloom, insults and arrogance - and America loves him for it
‘The Donald’ is winning because he is angrier than his rivals
Donald Trump is lashing out in all directions
Trump denounces Muslims, Mexicans… and millionaires
In most state schools, cricket is a dead ball game
The England team may be riding high, but state schools have all but abandoned cricket
