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The melodious singing by Wales fans at the World Cup reminds us that their language was around many years before English

Can this British mercantile mentality ever be changed? Or perhaps the EU is simply better off without us

An eagerness to put ourselves on the ‘right side’ is reassuring. But dragging the dead before a moral tribunal is pointless

We are talking about Christmas and excess is the order of the day: give me a juicy Cumberland and wrap it in thick bacon

Britain can no longer avoid the blindingly obvious. But our leaders seem intent on doing so

As Sherlock Holmes put it: we see, but we do not observe. This needs to change or we risk repeatedly confirming our prejudices

The government are still asking the wrong questions and finding the wrong answers about migrant crossings

As Christmas approaches, things don't quite feel festive. What can the government do to rally the troops?

Brexit was always going to be a recipe for the long-term decline of London as a financial centre Any ideas that suggested otherwise were ludicrous

It paints a picture of post-Brexit life that Michael Gove and others don’t like. But what if America’s leading newspaper is right?

The National's Christmas folie de grandeur is simply unforgivable

This adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel is funny, seditious, intelligent, courageous and beautiful

Less of a political slogan and more of a statement of fact, Britain's decline under the Tories is now recognised well beyond our shores

Earlier this year, MANDRAKE advised the shadow health secretary to pose some questions in the Commons about what a drain on resources Genomics England was. Yet, he never asked a single question

What does Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter really have to do with our 21st-century complex over free speech?

Forget the rejoin label, we need to start again with our rhetoric

Bands, lawyers and architects are all suffering as Brexit damages a sector that makes up 80% of the UK economy

Britain is a more civilised society without the death penalty. I hope this Orwellian humanitarianism prevails, but these are dark days

Can Britain have a grown-up conversation about its national health service?

If we want the NHS to be functional in 10 years time, we need to start having more honest conversations about the state of affairs

Racism, real or implied, has no place inside the royal family nor does it have any place in the nation this family represents

Reading the British press in the last few weeks and months, you get the impression there are only two kinds of migrants landing on these shores

Most authors and publishers would be sorry to see it collapse

The “message to Putin” idea merely made Zahawi look in need of close nursing assistance himself

Faced with the first episode of stagflation since the 1970s, it's now time to rethink

The writing in Glory Ride – A New Musical feels raw and so do the lyrics, but this show has a fascinating yarn to tell

It is genuinely startling and shocking that this is the first Othello from a black director at a major venue

Neil Kinnock introduced me to a new word this week and it perfectly sums up the silence and dishonesty surrounding the Brexit debate

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Nurses are the heart of the NHS. They are dedicated, skilled, knowledgeable and wise. This is why it’s time to value them and pay them properly