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Matthew Parris on the puzzle of religion.
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Reaching for the moon
Philip HensherSome writers spend their careers happily producing variations on the same book. Others seem to rethink the sort of book they would like to write with each new work. Only
Low Life
Jeremy Clarke
The answer to all my problems, I read last week in a fascinating little booklet on fungal infections, is a substance called caprylic acid. Left to run riot, it predicted,
Credit-crunch festival
Lloyd EvansThe crunch. That damn credit crunch. It hurt Scotland hardest of all. A worldwide reputation as a financial powerhouse? Gone. Dreams of independence? Severely truncated. Last year the Edinburgh Festival
Another Voice
Matthew Parris
It is five years since my father died. I thought I would get over it, but I haven’t. This is not a plea for sympathy — I’m fine, all’s well
It is the narcissistic middle-aged, not the young, who love Facebook and Twitter
Rod LiddleI wonder what Stephen Fry would write on Twitter shortly after he’d been hit very hard on the top of the head with a large spanner? Most likely nothing: the
The rise of British racism may be horribly close
Fraser NelsonAngela Wallace is one of a new breed of wavering voter. ‘I’m disgusted with all of the parties,’ she says, peering suspiciously at the men with clipboards on her doorstep.
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