John Maier
John Maier is a writer living in London. In 2019, he was named BBC Student Critic of the Year
Slow death of the know-it-all
Peter Burke’s new book helpfully provokes the reader to think about the proper place of a broad education in an age unfriendly to polymathy
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
