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The cult on Pennsylvania Avenue
A peculiar organisation is peddling exotic conspiracy theories about Joe Biden’s electoral win — but the Larouchians have long attempted to bend reality
Matthew Sweet

The trouble with idealism
Why do people with the best of intentions so often create the worst of outcomes? They come up against reality
Gabriel Gavin

The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Standpoint Magazine

Nigeria: the great black hope at 60
Surviving poverty, corruption and state brutality, the nation-building project of Africa’s cultural superpower still inspires hope in its citizens
Remi Adekoya

György Lukács: the backlash
By closing the intellectual’s archive, the Orbàn regime has shown its intent: to suppress complex history, erode academia and censor criticism
Matthew Sweet

What did the Stoics ever do for us?
If resilience sounds like something you might be able to benefit from at present, Stoicism might be just the thing for you
Standpoint Magazine

Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Helen Dale

Rebuilding the Red Wall tier by tier
A case of buyer’s remorse? The “useless” Tories are alienating new voters in the North and locking down the areas least likely to cope
David Swift

The power of pop
Pop music is dependent on repetition, fleeting fashions and youthful idealism—but has an immediacy like no other art form
Andrew Doyle

The war against Chinese Christians
There is a sustained and wide-ranging programme of repression against religions which challenge the CCP’s socialist core values
Charles Parton

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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