Pleasure and pain
Nick Cohen says the runner’s hardest task is knowing when to stop
Marathon maniac
Nick Cohen ran and ran and did himself no good in the process
Pumping irony
Nick Cohen says you don’t need to join a gym to get fit
Walk, don’t run
‘If I can get them walking the editors and staff of The Critic will be demonstrating with Extinction Rebellion in six months’
How to go from drunk to hunk
I turned myself from a wine-sodden, desk bound, muscleless lard mountain into a reasonably fit person. And you can too
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Manic and messianic
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The great recoupling
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A rare interview proved a delight
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Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Mass hysteria
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Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The paté of the Land
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