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Revealed: the marriage gap between Britain's rich and poor
Marriage has emerged as a serious – and perhaps surprising – social divide
How Islamic State commanders squeeze their hostages for every penny
Islamic State commanders know exactly how to extract the greatest possible profit from their hostages. Some care about little else
The National Trust is spoiling beautiful places in the name of people who’ll never visit them
Why do we ruin beautiful places to make them appeal to those who’ll never visit anyway?
Hug a hoodie: can there really be a kinder, gentler Ku Klux Klan?
The Ku Klux Klan is trying to rebrand
The subversive wonders of Kilkenomics – where economics meets stand-up
‘What is a Minsky moment, anyway?’ asks Gerry Stembridge, an Irish satirist. ‘I’ve been reading about them in the papers…
Malta's military marvels
Fate occasionally leads travellers to places they had never planned to visit. Into this category, for me, fell Malta. I…
The shameful truth: Britain lets in far too few refugees
Britain’s appalling record on refugees is a moral failure, and national disgrace
To make asylum work, we’ll have to talk frankly
It is the easiest thing in the world to say who should come to Britain and why. But if there…
The real winner at the US mid-terms: Hillary Clinton
Taking control of both houses of Congress may hand the presidency to Hillary Clinton in 2016
What Angela Merkel really wants (it's not good news for Dave)
The German Chancellor has a lot in common with David Cameron – which is why she can’t afford to help him very much
Watch out Pope Francis: the Catholic civil war has begun
Uncertainty over how much reform Pope Francis wants is splitting his church into factions
Ukip’s Patrick O’Flynn on the ‘genius’ Nigel Farage and why Douglas Carswell’s votes won’t set party policy
Patrick O’Flynn praises ‘genius’ Nigel Farage, and puts Douglas Carswell in his place
How did Britain ever have unarmed criminals?
Once, both police and criminals in Britain routinely did without guns. How did that happen? And why did it change?
Is the way our hospitals treat old people down to underfunding – or organised neglect?
The reality for elderly patients in NHS hospitals
The Schumacher effect: ski helmets and the grim power of celebrity
For a melancholy example of the power of celebrity, head to the Alps. Since Michael Schumacher’s accident last December in…
The cult of 'mindfulness'
Separating meditation from faith might not be as harmless as it seems
The Seabirds
Out on the crumbling landscape’s farthest edge, Their winter journey starts, and while I know Some names, I can’t recall…
Why I’ve joined Lebanon’s exodus
The long shadow of the Islamic State means that many Christians are packing up and leaving Lebanon
Rand Paul is like Nigel Farage – except he might win
Rand Paul combines a dull, reassuring manner with a Ukip-like insurgent appeal. It could take him to the presidency
Jonathan Sacks on religion, politics and the civil war that Islam needs
Former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks on the return of religion to public life and the civil war that Islam needs
The fightback against wackiness starts here
Forced, studenty wackiness has taken over our culture. It’s time to take a stand
The myth of the White Widow
Samantha Lewthwaite almost certainly isn’t as monstrous as the papers say. And she definitely isn’t as important
Why Gibraltar needs its hunt back
The British overseas territory of Gibraltar, or, as some would have it, the wart on the bottom of the Iberian…
The Seabirds
Out on the crumbling landscape’s farthest edge, Their winter journey starts, and while I know Some names, I can’t recall…
The Seabirds
Out on the crumbling landscape’s farthest edge, Their winter journey starts, and while I know Some names, I can’t recall…
