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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
Video nasty
The TikTokisation of global politics
The warm-up
If Iran steps in, the worst is still to come
Bloc buster
David Frost on Brexit, Barnier and the backstop
Road trip notebook
Before pandemic I thought I might drive across America, or even France. Now — what about Kent, the garden of…
Refuseniks
‘Vaccine refusenik’ is the latest catchphrase used to disparage anyone unwilling — for whatever reason — to roll up their…
Dark matter
Being a Goth has its bright sides
Comedy gold
The economics of internet irony
Hares
The numbers of the dear old mountain hare in England are becoming perilously depleted. A researcher, Carlos Bedson, has suggested…
Stone deaf
In the wake of a pandemic, why is the C of E obsessing about statues?
Letter from Israel
Jerusalem Thomas Friedman has a lot to answer for. The New York Times’s oracle has ruined, through overuse in his…
Extreme measures
Britain must investigate its Islamist ‘dawa’ networks
Highland games
Will Boris Johnson call Nicola Sturgeon’s bluff?
Open arms
It’s the hugs vs the hug-nots
