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- Edition 82 – February 2026 – Cover + Contents
- Notes on Now – Beating Trump
- Mandrake – Open Secret
- Letters – February 2026
- Zeitgeisters – Carissa Véliz
- Puzzle Solutions – Edition 82
- The Upside Down – Moonstruck
- Editorial – Brutality and Affinity
- Peter Oborne's Diary – Telling Silence
- Bad Press Awards – The Heavily Drugged Dove of War Equals Peace
- That's True Too – In Pursuit of Pluralism – Seeking Attention
- Building the Green Wall
- Zack Polanski – An Outsider Going Mainstream?
- Drowning in Denial
- A Scrappage Plan to Speed Up the Demise of UK Wildlife
- The EU's Farage Clause' Shows Reform UK's Power
- The Plastic Patriots’ Love Affair with Russia
- A LETTER FROM AMERICA
- Democrats In Denial Why Is the Party Blocking an Autopsy of Kamala Harris’ Defeat?
- The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Europe’s Radical Wake-Up Call
- What Did Plato Ever Do to Trump’s Texans?
- The Return of the Musk-Trump Alliance
- Russia Propagandist Welcomed, European Disinformation Experts Sanctioned
- Football’s Familiar Fear of the Frisson of Female Sexuality
- ‘Who’s There?’ We Don’t Need to Know if Hamnet Inspired ‘Hamlet’
- There in Spirit: ‘Hamnet’ and Hamlet’s Ghost
- A Lexicon for Life
- There is No Value Hierarchy in Human Creativity
- On the Record – Not A Lot of Yours Truly's Fault
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Edition 82 – February 2026
In This Edition
In This EditionHighlights
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Building the Green Wall
Adam Bienkov speaks to Labour and Green Party insiders about how the Starmer Government’s strategy has helped create a potentially new oppositional force to both itself and Reform UK
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The Plastic Patriots’ Love Affair with Russia
Why do so many on the British far-right profess to worship Winston Churchill butmake excuses for Vladimir Putin? By James Bloodworth
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Football’s Familiar Fear of the Frisson of Female Sexuality
A political trick of the right in the UK and the US is not open hostility towards women but concern for us.
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There in Spirit: ‘Hamnet’ and Hamlet’s Ghost
You don’t need to be well-versed in Shakespeare to appreciate Hamnet.
Investigations, Analysis, Reports and Columns
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Notes on Now – Beating Trump
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Mandrake – Open Secret
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Letters – February 2026
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Zeitgeisters – Carissa Véliz
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Puzzle Solutions – Edition 82
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The Upside Down – Moonstruck
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Editorial – Brutality and Affinity
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Peter Oborne’s Diary – Telling Silence
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Bad Press Awards – The Heavily Drugged Dove of War Equals Peace
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That’s True Too – In Pursuit of Pluralism – Seeking Attention
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Zack Polanski – An Outsider Going Mainstream?
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Drowning in Denial
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A Scrappage Plan to Speed Up the Demise of UK Wildlife
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The EU’s Farage Clause’ Shows Reform UK’s Power
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A LETTER FROM AMERICA
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Democrats In Denial Why Is the Party Blocking an Autopsy of Kamala Harris’ Defeat?
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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Europe’s Radical Wake-Up Call
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What Did Plato Ever Do to Trump’s Texans?
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The Return of the Musk-Trump Alliance
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Russia Propagandist Welcomed, European Disinformation Experts Sanctioned
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‘Who’s There?’ We Don’t Need to Know if Hamnet Inspired ‘Hamlet’
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There is No Value Hierarchy in Human Creativity
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On the Record – Not A Lot of Yours Truly’s Fault