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Toffs, trials and tradecraft
The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
Will Labour build back better?
The most conspicuous monuments of the last decade are the vast online shopping warehouses
Athenian ambrosia
Savour a culinary renaissance in Greece
Food fit for an angel
Celebrate Michaelmas in style
Greeks bearing gifts
This wine nation has more to offer than retsina
A Royal good time
Racing brings the country together in a convulsion of delirious democracy
Vicarious pleasure
On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs
Live and let live
Labour must resist the urge to kick field sports
Most Read
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change