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Irn Bru
There aren’t many countries where Coca-Cola isn’t the most popular drink. Scotland is one of them. And unlike some of…
Deputy Dom
Dominic Raab on prisons, patriotism and standing in for Boris
Writer’s notebook
Whenever I give talks to children about my books they always ask who inspired me to be a writer. I…
Running on empty
The government has no ideas and no direction
Its own opposition
Labour’s conference was all about in-fighting
The indomitable Maroons
Does Jamaica’s government have plans for this state within a state?
Time trial
Why do films have to go on for so long?
All eyes on Glasgow
With COP26 weeks away, the city is in the middle of a waste crisis
Place names
Last week a gentle Norfolk waterway got into trouble with Facebook. The problem was its name — Cockshoot Dyke. Facebook’s…
Dangerous waters
The case against Aukus
Fatal attraction
Why do some women find killers irresistible?
The stalemate election
Germany needs to progress beyond Merkel – but will it?
End of the line
It’s time to rethink the queue
Power to the parish
The demise of the Church’s heritage is not inevitable
The warrior myth
Japan won’t save us from China
Backbencher’s notebook
Politicians are supposed to have a survival instinct. Mine didn’t kick in last week, so I had no idea that…
Enter Aukus
The new special relationship is here to stay
All bar none
There’s more to the pub than just drink
Art nouveau
Are NFTs memes – or masterpieces?
Last rights
Assisted suicide is neither painless nor dignified
Payday
Who’s afraid of rising wages?
So long, truckers
How a once fun job lost its charm
Our man in Rwanda
When will Britain wake up to the horror of Paul Kagame’s rule?
Passports
The Egyptologist Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson interprets drawings in a tomb in Thebes as persons queuing up to have passports…
A load of Kabul
Britain’s empty asylum promises
