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Why Ken Loach hasn’t made a decent film since Kes
He hasn’t made anything worth watching since Kes
Viktor Yanukovych’s palace is full of tasteless treasures – and London auction-house tags
Quite a few of the former president Yanukovych’s ‘treasures’ seem to carry tags from London auctioneers
Meet Alex Salmond’s secret weapon: the England football team
Nothing makes Scots feel more Scottish than England playing in a World Cup
Jonathan Dimbleby’s notebook: In defence of Chris Patten
I usually spend most of the week at home in South Devon in front of my computer. But for the…
Humans hunger for the sacred. Why can’t the new atheists understand that?
Atheists are blind to a fundamental human need
The only place I feel comfortable in my bathrobe
I know James Bond is partial to strutting around not-quite-enveloped in a dressing gown, but whether your robe is monogrammed…
Approaching Little Big Horn
All spring the scattered bands gathered, the People, the Human Beings, all those like themselves on this earth — Lakota…
Approaching Little Big Horn
All spring the scattered bands gathered, the People, the Human Beings, all those like themselves on this earth — Lakota…
How Nigel Farage gave British democracy back to the voters
Whatever the election results, Nigel Farage’s insurgency has changed British politics for the better
'Every pub is a parliament': on the campaign trail with Nigel Farage
On the campaign trail with Ukip’s leader
Landings
On our anniversary, you drag the sofa-bed into the old conservatory. The January moon swells to cliché and under a…
The most shocking thing about young Ukip supporters: they’re normal
Ukip’s young supporters are oddly normal
Has Thomas Piketty met his match?
Thomas Piketty and Deirdre McCloskey can’t both be right about inequality. But I can’t argue with either of them
Why it’s time for a Cad of the Year Award
Why it’s time for a Cad of the Year Award
Happy birthday, spam! Do you mind if we don’t celebrate?
Junk email is 20 years old – and bigger than ever
Goodwood Festival of Speed
You smelt them, it was said of the Mongol hordes, before you heard them, and by the time you heard…
Landings
On our anniversary, you drag the sofa-bed into the old conservatory. The January moon swells to cliché and under a…
Landings
On our anniversary, you drag the sofa-bed into the old conservatory. The January moon swells to cliché and under a…
The genome of history
Race isn’t a mere social construct. It’s a side-effect of the fact that humanity is still evolving
This is Anfield
Living up to its fabled buzz, the Kop roared and rose even before kick-off. Down in the main stand I…
Rape suspects need anonymity
There’s no way to live down a rape allegation, true or not. It’s time suspects were granted anonymity
Would Obama bomb Iran?
Yes, and here’s why, says a former adviser to his defence department
Why the BBC will never match Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation
No modern critic would dare match Kenneth Clark’s fearless way with sweeping statements
The curious case of Mo Ansar
How was it that Mo Ansar, a bank employee in Hampshire, became the voice of British Islam?