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A bad lot
Quite a few of the former president Yanukovych’s ‘treasures’ seem to carry tags from London auctioneers
Salmond’s secret weapon
Nothing makes Scots feel more Scottish than England playing in a World Cup
A broadcaster’s notebook
I usually spend most of the week at home in South Devon in front of my computer. But for the…
Sacred hunger
Atheists are blind to a fundamental human need
General paralysis
America has let Egypt’s old military oligarchs take hold again. Must it carry on paying for them, too?
A stay at the spa
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…
Ukip’s triumph
Whatever the election results, Nigel Farage’s insurgency has changed British politics for the better
The Farage effect
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 kids are all right
Ukip’s young supporters are oddly normal
Unequal battle
Thomas Piketty and Deirdre McCloskey can’t both be right about inequality. But I can’t argue with either of them
Flashman lives!
Why it’s time for a Cad of the Year Award
Spam, spam, spam
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…
The accused
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
The secret of Civilisation
No modern critic would dare match Kenneth Clark’s fearless way with sweeping statements
A guy named Mo
How was it that Mo Ansar, a bank employee in Hampshire, became the voice of British Islam?
Art fairs
In 1967, two Cologne-based gallerists came up with the Cologne Art Market — a trade fair where German galleries could…
