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Lionel Shriver

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Immigration / Who doesn’t want a better life?

Every couple of years a columnist-cum-novelist will inevitably stoop to shameless self-promotion. In my defence, at least the novel released this...

17.02.2026 100

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Immigration / Who doesn’t want a better life?

Every couple of years a columnist-cum-novelist will inevitably stoop to shameless self-promotion. In my defence, at least the novel released this...

17.02.2026 100

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End of ownership / No one is safe from a wealth tax

02.02.2026 8

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End of ownership / No one is safe from a wealth tax

02.02.2026 8

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Cold truths / There should be no 'sanctuary' from ICE

15.01.2026 10

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Shared values / Discrimination is good, actually

16.12.2025 8

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Shared values / Discrimination is good, actually

15.12.2025 10

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Shared values / Discrimination is good, actually

15.12.2025 10

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Economics / What’s Trump got to do with the price of turkey?

01.12.2025 9

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Economics / What’s Trump got to do with the price of turkey?

01.12.2025 6

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The UK’s tax take, take, take

15.11.2025 10

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Ticked off / I’ve been enslaved by my Apple watch

05.11.2025 10

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Ticked off / I’ve been enslaved by my Apple watch

30.10.2025 10

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Gender wars / Transgenderism proves people will believe anything

03.10.2025 6

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Gender wars / Transgenderism proves people will believe anything

02.10.2025 6

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Gender / Transgenderism proves people will believe anything

02.10.2025 7

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Pronoun wars / The truth about the trans school shooter

10.09.2025 30

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Pronoun wars / The truth about the trans school shooter

04.09.2025 10

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Pronoun wars / The truth about the trans school shooter

04.09.2025 10

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My shoplifting shame

24.08.2025 8

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Justice through the looking-glass / The High Court’s war on truth

28.07.2025 9

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Justice through the looking-glass / The High Court’s war on truth

28.07.2025 7

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Justice through the looking-glass / The High Court’s war on truth

25.07.2025 10

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In the swim / How governments gaslight

11.07.2025 10

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Supreme Court / ‘Trans rights’ has never been a civil rights issue

26.06.2025 6

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Has deporting illegals become illegal?

14.06.2025 8

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Victory for disorder / Has deporting illegals become illegal?

12.06.2025 7

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Go fish / The war on normality

03.06.2025 7

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Go fish / The war on normality

03.06.2025 5

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Go fish / The war on normality

31.05.2025 10

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Marriage material / How to find your perfect man

03.04.2025 7

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Book bashing / Don’t write off literary fiction yet

20.03.2025 10

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Don’t write off literary fiction yet

20.03.2025 10

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I’m a culture war addict

08.03.2025 10

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Ruinous folly / It’s time to scrap the asylum system

24.02.2025 20

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Ruinous folly / It’s time to scrap the asylum system

24.02.2025 5

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Cracking Copilot / How I took on Microsoft’s AI – and won

07.02.2025 10

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Cracking Copilot / How I took on Microsoft’s AI – and won

06.02.2025 9

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Drama in Paris / Immigration’s theatre of the absurd

23.01.2025 8

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Environment / The case against a ‘climate emergency’

09.01.2025 10

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Why didn’t I read the comments sooner?

I adhere to a pretty iron-clad rule: not only do I avoid the bumper cars of social media, but I don’t read the comments after my columns. Many...

22.12.2024 7

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