However historically accurate they are, either or both of these aphorisms might now be useful in thinking about how Britain ...

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A few weeks ago, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he was still going to impose tariffs on Canada. A simple ...

The veteran boxing writer stood in the already broiling, half-deserted streets, allowing himself to be moved by the dawn call ...

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As I sit down to write this I note that it’s the five-year anniversary of the start of lockdown, and I’m reminded of the ...

Thinkers of all kinds have been drawn to it over the decades, and poets are no exception.

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