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Dresden notebook
Sachsenschweine — Saxon pigs — said the graffiti as my train moved out of Berlin on its way to Dresden.…
The Charles problem
The Prince of Wales has shown himself too vain to accept the limits of constitutional monarchy
The silent victory
Schools are the one area where this government has made a real, positive difference – but it’s scared stiff of saying so
Flowering obsession
The roots of snowdrop fever
The joy of six
Why I’m glad to have five children, with a sixth on the way
Only capitalism can save Nigeria
Is West Africa's powerhouse headed for a boom - or a coup?
Making history
In a recent interview, the celebrity historian and Tudor expert David Starkey described Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall as a ‘deliberate…
Glasgow School of Art
I was working on the final edit of my book — a fictionalised account of the year Charles Rennie Mackintosh…
Study
I’d tell you I came back here, that I’m writing in this room, if you had not found another and…
Study
I’d tell you I came back here, that I’m writing in this room, if you had not found another and…
Gagging order
Why has politics turned into stand-up?
The Deer
In the summer fields your life left you. She ran out from under the hood of your heart and tottered…
Tony’s toxic legacy
Labour's attitude to wealth is sliding back into the 1970s - and Tony Blair's new career is one reason why
Uni’s out
Why being a graduate is about to lose its prestige
Gay right
Marine Le Pen’s unlikely rainbow coalition
The war on fraternities
An unruly American tradition may be coming to an end
Lapsing into a comma
Modern manners and the fear of the full stop
Galway
The Go Galway bus from Dublin sounds an unlikely pleasure, but it is both comfortable and punctual. There is free…
The Deer
In the summer fields your life left you. She ran out from under the hood of your heart and tottered…
The Deer
In the summer fields your life left you. She ran out from under the hood of your heart and tottered…
Let there be light
It’s time to reclaim Islam from the Islamists
The dangerous lie
Despite what our leaders tell us, Islamic extremism is all about Islam
Bike
I sold the sleek black bike you said I should buy. My special treat, in the shop, on my own,…
The war tourists
Why young men turn to terror – and how to stop them
Singles match
The rise of ‘living apart together’ – and why I’ve stopped doing it
