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The teachers who (quietly) miss Michael Gove
Meet the teachers who are (quietly) grateful to the former education secretary
Jawaab explained
It is not easy to be young, British and Muslim. Since the atrocities of 9/11 and 7/7, the media has…
Seeing Paris through Impressionist eyes
The spectre of the Charlie Hebdo killings still hangs over Paris. Outside the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, opposite the…
Adam and Eve Take an Allotment
The figure in the shadows stared at Eve And shook the beans inside the bag. ‘Believe Me, crops of serpentini…
Impressionist Paris
The spectre of the Charlie Hebdo killings still hangs over Paris. Outside the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, opposite the…
Adam and Eve Take an Allotment
The figure in the shadows stared at Eve And shook the beans inside the bag. ‘Believe Me, crops of serpentini…
The shocking truth about police corruption in Britain
We like to think we have the cleanest police in the world. We may no longer be right
Up at the Villa
Figs, lemons, almonds and holidaymakers, the fronds of palms and those fierce plants whose sharp extrusions in place of leaves,…
Tell Mama and the battle for the future of British Islam
Is there a future for a moderate activist group fighting anti-Muslim prejudice?
What Ukip wants: get Farage elected, then prepare for a Labour collapse in the north
Inside the party’s Mayfair headquarters
George Osborne interview: smaller government is not enough
George Osborne on his love affair with Greater Manchester, and his party’s need for ‘a bit of the Heseltine’
It’s Nato that’s empire-building, not Putin
For Nato and the EU as much as for Putin, Ukraine is a question not of virtue but of power and land
Sorry, but I don’t think feminists can fight the male gaze by baring their breasts
Can you really fight the male gaze by exposing your breasts?
Shelling, militiamen and shattered villages: welcome to eastern Ukraine’s ceasefire
Ukraine’s war goes on – in some places now, and soon everywhere
Grim, generous, decaying and hip: the paradoxical charms of Athens
My first visit to Athens as a student gave me a set of impressions that the present crisis has only…
Up at the Villa
Figs, lemons, almonds and holidaymakers, the fronds of palms and those fierce plants whose sharp extrusions in place of leaves,…
Athens
My first visit to Athens as a student gave me a set of impressions that the present crisis has only…
Up at the Villa
Figs, lemons, almonds and holidaymakers, the fronds of palms and those fierce plants whose sharp extrusions in place of leaves,…
Why an SNP surge at Westminster could mean the end of Britain
A landslide for the SNP will inevitably lead to the end of the Union
Small things in the cathedral
A place to see the little things between the monuments and tombs. As in the chapel of St Gabriel, a…
How liberal Britain is betraying ex-Muslims
These people are risking their lives for the freedom not to believe – and liberal Britain is betraying them
The myth of the housing crisis
The coalition is letting developers concrete over the countryside, but that won’t help young people buy houses
America’s greatest tradition: inventing spurious traditions
Making up traditions
My wood-burning stove is expensive, trendy – and miserable
My trendy wood-burning stove is leaving me cold, wheezy, red-eyed and exhausted
Zac Goldsmith: How my dad saved Britain
If you’re grateful not to be in the euro, it’s James Goldsmith and his ‘rebel army’ you should thank
