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Boxing clever
Racing has far better TV pundits than football
City of diamonds
The genius of the Antwerp Six
Cosmetic democracy
Britain’s new system of government
To inanity, and beyond!
A short time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, great parliamentary minds were at work, and have yet to come down to earth
Starbucks Dad solves the gender wars
But what about Starbucks Mum?
Righteousness and nations
The religiosity of national conservatism
A tale of two tribes
The diverging fates of Central Europe’s Roma and Jewish musicians
Anatomy of a medical scandal
How not thinking can infect a workplace, community or entire culture
Tory trolling
Are the Nat Cons getting mogged by Gove?
Ultra-processed health scares
UPFs are NBD
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages