Matthew Pinsent
Sir Matthew Pinsent won four consecutive Olympic gold medals. He tweets at @matthewcpinsent
Pandemic Olympiad
The Tokyo games will be an uncomfortable charade
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
