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Let hymn in
The silencing of indoor singing is senseless
Hot housing
A second home in Cornwall is nothing to be proud of
Flying visits
UFOs are no longer a joke
New wave
It’s here – but it shouldn’t delay our reopening
Dr No
The GP won’t see you now
Special time
Biden and Boris will pretend the Trump presidency never happened
The blame game
There was no Hillsborough cover-up
Artist’s Notebook
I’m blessed by the fact that I live almost smack-bang in the middle of old London, a pebble’s toe punt…
Viking words
Supposedly 5 per cent of words in English are borrowed from Old Norse. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but…
The Bennett plan
The nationalist millionaire poised to topple Netanyahu
Golden nuggets
The ‘fake meat’ revolution is on its way
Oak, not woke
The National Trust now has the chance to return to its roots
Page turner
How TikTok can make a book a bestseller
Alarm bells
The pitfalls of choosing a wedding reading
Baby bust
Chinese women can’t afford a large family
Not so batty
What was once a Covid conspiracy theory is looking more plausible
Polite reminder
Why rudeness doesn’t pay
Royal decree
Is Sweden ready for a woke monarchy?
Shot to pieces
The many failures of China’s vaccine programme
Northern exposure
Scotland is open – and desperate for English tourists
Bear-baiting
Sanctions against Putin and his allies don’t work
Salt and vinegar crisps
Henry Walker might never have got into the crisp business were it not for the fact that his Leicester butcher’s…
Shrinking feeling
Let’s leave mental health diagnoses to the professionals
Fair share
Why I’m considering cancelling my second Covid jab
‘You must see there is a culture war?’
A conversation between Rod Liddle and Peter Tatchell






























