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A flash of genius
When done well, swing bowling is arguably the most beautiful of cricket skills
Bye-bye Boris
Rob Hutton on the last days of the Emperor Boris
Borisdammerung
Boris sings one last sad song before he mounts his pyre
What Britain needs next
Whoever replaces Boris Johnson has to make radical change
Why Boris clung on
The Prime Minister knows his legacy is on the line
Number 10 needs a caretaker
But who’s up for the thankless task of cleaning up Boris’s mess?
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Reich
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss Germany’s political arena in the years leading up to the First World War
Faith on trial
Christian beliefs have yet to receive protection under law
The many rooms of British law
Has British legislation become too complex to be understood?
Ladies don’t lunch
Dining in style at a quirky and captivating roadside osteria in Italy’s Balkan borderlands
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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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem