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Philip Womack

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Don't count out hereditary peers just yet

The ermines have been mothballed; the coronets stowed away. The United Kingdom has, at last, thrown out the hereditary peers from Parliament. This...

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School choir music is in peril

You’d be hard pressed to find a more continuous strand in British culture than the chorister. They’ve been warbling in Westminster Abbey since the...

12.03.2026 6

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Shakespeare isn’t difficult

24.12.2025 10

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Everyone has forgotten party etiquette

23.12.2025 20

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No, Christmas isn’t pagan

16.12.2025 8

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Feasts of falsehood / No, Christmas isn’t pagan

15.12.2025 10

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Class apart / What makes a gentleman?

06.10.2025 10

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Dear sir... / Goodbye to the letters of introduction

19.08.2025 10

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Book smart / The tragic decline of children’s literature

12.08.2025 20

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The tragic decline of children’s literature

07.08.2025 20

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The harrowing true story behind Barry Lyndon

01.08.2025 10

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Pixels are replacing paper

04.07.2025 6

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Cornered / I’m pseudy and proud

18.06.2025 5

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Literal disaster / We’re losing the ability to read

02.06.2025 10

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Literal disaster / We’re losing the ability to read

30.05.2025 10

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Literal disaster / We’re losing the ability to read

29.05.2025 10

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We’re losing the ability to read

29.05.2025 10

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Lost for words / The semicolon had its moment; that moment is over

19.05.2025 10

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Tall story / AI will never write good fiction

04.04.2025 10

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Books / Finding your other half in ancient Athens

30.01.2025 9

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