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After Covid, Kenya’s flower industry is gearing up for its next challenge
Kenya’s flower growers have a busy time ahead
Shadows of Macron: could Valérie Pécresse become France’s first female president?
Could Valérie Pécresse become France’s first female president?
Bring back communion wine
Don’t deny me my communion wine
Anti-police spin is tearing the force apart
Constant castigation is harming the police force
How I'd write your perfect speech
The secretive art of speechwriting
Revealed: how the NHS waiting list will hit 9.2 million
Who really controls the NHS?
Boris’s bunker: the PM’s defensive strategy
Everything he now does is aimed at keeping Tory MPs onside
Trudeau vs truckers: a head-on collision
Canada’s Covid protestors have a point
The CCP training programme at the heart of Cambridge
The cosy links between Cambridge and the CCP
The day I was tapped up by Chinese intelligence
Britain is still too complacent about Chinese influence
70 years on: the making of Queen Elizabeth II
The making of Queen Elizabeth II
Are wolves stalking us on the school run?
Italy’s wolves are on the march
The cult of the daffodil
Spring is the season of supermarket daffodils. At a pound a bunch, you can deck out your home like Elton…
The Zac Pack: the well-connected group quietly shaping Tory policy
The well-connected group quietly shaping Tory policy
Frozen: can China escape its zero-Covid trap?
How China got stuck in a zero-Covid trap
The march of South Korea’s anti-feminists
How men’s rights became a big political issue
The abandoned revolution: has the government given up on Brexit?
Has the government lost interest in Brexit?
In Fortress New Zealand, faith in Saint Jacinda is starting to fade
Faith in ‘Saint Jacinda’ is starting to fade
The irresistible lure of classified ads
The seduction of back-page ads
Letter from Odessa: life on the front line of a new Cold War
‘God Save the Queen’ trended on Ukrainian social media over the weekend. ‘As a Brit in Kiev I have never…
The difficult decisions that come with downsizing
The difficulties of downsizing
The rise and fall of Britain’s fur trade
We in Britain have long been much more squeamish about fur than other Europeans. I still well remember the snide…
The phoney war: what’s really going on between Boris and Putin
It suits both Boris and Putin to pretend that Russia may invade Ukraine
Why cash is still king to me
In defence of hard cash
Road to Reform: is Richard Tice’s party a threat to the Tories?
Is Richard Tice’s party a threat to the Tories?