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We don’t need a new law against ‘conversion therapy’
The fake fight against ‘gay therapy’
How mead became cool again
The last time I drank mead was 7 April 1978. It was my 18th birthday and —unforgettably — it was…
Failing upwards: the story of Ursula von der Leyen
The historic failures of Ursula von der Leyen
The agony of watching friends succeed
The agony of literary envy
Bristol is now a hotbed of ‘ventrification’
Why privileged protestors flock to Bristol
Europe’s panic: the meltdown over vaccines
Europe’s vaccine meltdown
Top floor: Minton tiles inspire a remarkable devotion
It’s only since I moved to Staffordshire that I’ve come to appreciate that some of the finest works of public…
Awards season loses its shine when no one can go to the cinema
The inevitable listlessness of this year’s awards season
Is Britain heading for war over Taiwan?
Is Britain heading for war over Taiwan?
Churchill’s enigma: the real riddle is why he cosied up to Stalin
The real riddle is why he cosied up to Stalin
An open letter to my golf club
An open letter to my golf club
The ‘long Covid’ time bomb: an interview with Tim Spector
Britain’s leading epidemiologist on the ticking time bomb of long Covid
Why Pontins thinks I’m an ‘undesirable guest’
Why Pontins thinks I’m an ‘undesirable guest’
Starmer’s long game: party repair comes before opposition politics
There’s logic behind the Labour leader’s approach
Unopposed: why is Keir Starmer making life so easy for the PM?
The dangers of the Starmer-Johnson double act
Why egrets keep making headlines
There’s an unwritten rule in newspaper journalism that any story about egrets must have one of two headlines. Either ‘no…
Will the Tokyo Olympics go ahead?
Tokyo This week was the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in…
The dangers of televising lobby briefings
The dangers of televising lobby briefings
Confessions of a lifelong bitch
The return of the bitch is long overdue
How I’d write Covid: The Thriller
How I’d write Covid: The Thriller
Poles apart: why the Polish community doesn’t want the vaccine
Why the Polish community doesn’t want the vaccine
My fight to stop the Chinese censors sanitising Dante
How Dante fell foul of the Chinese Communist party
Why is it racist to wonder what colour your child’s skin will be?
Why is it racist to wonder what skin colour your child will have?
In defence of Meghan, the demonised duchess
The unfair demonisation of a duchess
Battle royal: Harry and Meghan’s modern brand of revenge
Harry and Meghan’s brand of revenge
