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Does rugby league have a gambling problem?
As Betfred takes control of rugby league sponsorship, has the sport backed the right horse?
John Cage: Four Walls (Fuga Libera)
More than a little bit mad
Harold Pinter: from bad to verse
The playwright will not be remembered for his poetry
Murders for August
Locked rooms and dark churchyards
Blood and beauty
Bullfighting magnificence in Santander
People of class?
Enough with the inequalities Olympics
How the Church blew it on race
A secretive Church of England commission is intent on seeing bigotry everywhere
The game is not the season
On the nature of the Blob
The decline of madness
The colourful history of the Tavistock Clinic
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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
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski