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The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
Not only a game
This is how it ends: the whimper, or the bang
Yacht club populism
No small boats for Nigel Farage — he prefers the big ones
Christians are still being persecuted in Egypt
We should stand in defence of a beleaguered minority
The EU is coming for “hate speech”
The European Commission is considering including “hate speech” in a list of serious bloc-wide crimes
The rise of electoral sectarianism
Multiculturalism is reshaping British political life
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
Strawberry fields? Never
The idea of toughening zoomers up with hard labour is a pointless fantasy
Starmer’s next step
The Labour leader has the chance to win trust as well as votes this election
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
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional