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Eyes on a miserly prize
It’s not just owners who are being fleeced
Boho Ohno
Boho’s back, baby, meaning droopy, limp and dismal is the name of the game
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
Money troubles
At stake is the fate of the most-watched football league in the world
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
Small boats and big problems
The asylum issue is not going away, and Keir Starmer must face it soon
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
Do feminists speak for all women?
To speak on behalf of women is not to speak for or over them
Mission: Possible
Captain Boring is here to moderately improve the nation
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
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence