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Detective agency
In defence of amateur sleuths
One year on: how will the Ukraine war end?
One year into the war, where does Ukraine go from here?
Ukraine will not compromise
Ukraine will not compromise
In praise of greyhound racing
Don’t let the killjoys ban greyhound racing
Japan’s plans for an anti-China alliance
Japan’s plans for an anti-China alliance
The truth about the British Empire: Nigel Biggar and Matthew Parris in conversation
Matthew Parris and Nigel Biggar discuss colonialism
The dangerous myth of degrowth
The dangerous myth of degrowth
Rolling in it: the return of Tory sleaze
When Rishi Sunak stood on the steps of Downing Street to give his first speech as Prime Minister, he had…
Does Britain need bison?
For the first time since the Ice Age, wild bison are roaming Britain
Keir Starmer: ‘We haven’t won – yet’
When Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership in 2020, following the party’s worst election defeat since 1935, many people shook…
Tank warfare: why the West is worried about arming Ukraine
Ukraine’s top soldier, General Valery Zaluzhny, has said that if he is to launch a successful counter-offensive, the West will…
The C of E is right to prevaricate on gay marriage
The Church and the vexed question of gay marriage
In praise of drunkenness
The sad decline of drunkenness
Gender wars: the Union’s new battle line
When Rishi Sunak had dinner with Nicola Sturgeon last week, the idea was to show he was interested in a…
Why are our prisons still in lockdown?
Why are our prisons still in lockdown?
The dumbing-down of BBC Radio 3
The dumbing-down of BBC Radio 3
Boris Bondarev: Why more Russians aren’t defecting
Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev on his decision to defect
The strikes have lost their power
How strikes lost their bite
The faith and the fury: my father Paul Johnson
My father Paul Johnson