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Zaha Hadid was one of architecture’s greatest narcissists
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The book that made me a Tory (maybe I’ll give it to Osborne)
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Why has the government been so behind the curve on steel?
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‘You even stop thinking of your own family’: meet the Isis fighters addicted to amphetamine
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There’s been a Tweet but, worry not, DCI Taggart is on the case
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Hillary Clinton is more responsible for Isis than Donald Trump
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The hair-raising truth? Dreadlocks don’t belong to one ‘culture’
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How the Living Wage helps the rich more than the poor
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Spectator competition winners: diary of a superfluous man
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Boris and the Brexiteers are talking nonsense about Britain’s trade policies
Meet Boris Johnson, Britain’s new chief trade negotiator. I admit it is an effort to imagine Boris in that parish,…
Can Islam move away from theocracy?
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The Spectator podcast: Eugenics, Tory wars and poetry
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The government would not do more for the steel industry, even if the EU allowed them to
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How is Britain going green? By shutting down industry
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Secularism does little to protect us from Islamic extremism
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Why is Gus O’Donnell misleading the public about the EU rules on Brexit?
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The questions nobody wants to ask about Asad Shah’s murder
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The questions nobody wants to ask about Asad Shah’s murder
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British Christians must start to think and act like a minority
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Farewell, George Galloway
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