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Was the last Lord Talbot de Malahide really a Soviet spy? This memoir weighs the evidence
The stuffy aristocrat found himself at Cambridge, with Burgess and Philby – but did he have any contact with Moscow?
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If Liverpool Street station is defiled, then nothing is safe – and barbarism shall rule
Plans for the utterly crass renovation of this Victorian masterpiece have been halted – for now. But what comes next could be worse
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No Tory has ever reminded me more of Mrs Thatcher than Mrs Badenoch
Just as her precursor, Kemi should be in no rush to come out with detailed policies. She should wait until 2026
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MCC would be foolish to get into bed with the Hundred
This is not a road down which the club should think about travelling – and I am far from alone in thinking this
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The magnificent (and brutal) rise of the modern Royal Navy
At last, with The Price of Victory, NAM Rodger’s great history of naval warfare is complete – and this final volume is a fascinating triumph
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Cash-crazed English cricket must stop serving up turkeys or game will die
Administrators remain more concerned with price hikes than offering a product that represents value for money
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The cult of inclusivity has ruined classical music – just listen to the Proms
The BBC seems so ashamed of high culture that it feels it must trivialise it at every opportunity
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Young people will not fight to save a country they’ve been taught to hate
The collapse in pride in our history will have serious consequences
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Britain is becoming a socialist dystopia where criminals run amok
The authorities rightly cracked down on rioting. Why not muggers and thieves?
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A haunting, blood-soaked account of the Nazis’ last stand in Italy
In Cassino ’44, a work of meticulous research and fine detail, James Holland tracks the Allies on their gruelling march towards Rome
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Americanisms are poisoning our language
From ‘I’m good’ to ‘train station’, British English is being assailed by American usage like never before. Are you embracing the US imports?
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It may be propaganda, but this true tale of survival at sea captures the best of British bravery
This Second World War film helped sustain the mood of resolve that drove the country to victory
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The secret to a woman’s heart? Maggots, according to this Puritan pick-up artist
In his best-known poem, Andrew Marvell warned of the consequences of unrequited love – in particularly graphic detail
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Rachel Reeves isn’t just ignorant. Her plans are a danger to Britain
Higher taxes can mean less revenue, as Labour is about to find out to the country’s cost
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Six politicians who remade Britain – from Nye Bevan to Nigel Farage
Vernon Bogdanor’s intelligent and thoughtful set of essays, Making the Weather, explores how political change is effected in a democracy
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It may have cost its creator his life, but this Gothic wonder is now the heart of British justice
George Edmund Street’s Royal Courts of Justice is a masterful evocation of an era when the spiritual still played a role in our politics
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