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CONTRIBUTORS

BROWN STUDY

The popularity of populism • The dilemma of the ‘uni-party’

The Great Displ-AI-cement • When knowledge is free, what makes you valuable?

Europe’s moral escape room • What Hungary gets right – and Brussels won’t admit

Ursula arrives • The dodgy Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement

Labor’s dud Euro-deal • Albanese prefers a woke EU love-in to fighting for our farmers

Climate has always changed • But how much is mankind to blame?

Hastie by nature • Leadership lessons of a fearless freelancer mentored by a miserable ghost

Cold wars

The price of victory

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DAIRY

Resurrection • The return of God to British politics

It Still Goes On

Gospel truths • The revival of the Book of Common Prayer

The sloggers vs the scroungers

Charge sheet • Owning an EV requires a lot of patience

Can go-go boys smash fascism?

Independence day • Britain must recognise Somaliland

The secret weapon of self-sacrifice

Siege mentality

Ice age • Why Russia has its eyes on Svalbard

Decorum restored • Pope Leo XIV is quietly reshaping the Vatican

BAROMETER

Resisting the lure of our inner chatbot

Disgraced NS&I looks ripe for privatisation

A ruthless romantic • Artemis Cooper on the conundrum that was Jan Morris

Setting the world to rights

Refusal

Last judgments

The making of an image

Dirty tricks

How far can we go?

Raise your glasses

Nine days wonder

Stranger things • Margaret Mitchell on the art of Schiaparelli

MacDowell: Orchestral Works

What the Dickens

Huw and cry

Exhibitions Old mistress

Pop Valentine’s day

Architecture Grand designs

The worst person in the world

Deaths in the mind

Marathons

Lapin à la moutarde

Still life

Real life

The turf

Aussie life

Language

Helpmates

Punning wild

2746: Chain letters

Pity the ‘QPR family’

The Battle for Britain

It’s time to let go of Tiger

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Down the arcade

AI slop

Pauline’s contract with the people • One Nation is the party of much-needed policy