The sound of silence
Cricket can be at its best when nothing much is happening
Princes of cricket
Pataudi was one of 17 men to play Test cricket for two countries
France needs a hero
All nations have known long winless periods, but the French drought in Paris has felt very long
And that will be England gone
The online age may see the permanent destruction of something very special
Rite of spring
The first day of the season at Lord’s isn’t really about cricket
Making America grate
Team US might need the commander-in-chief’s help to win the Ryder Cup
Georgia on my mind
Georgia is growing in crediblitiy as a rugby power
The FA’s passion-killer
FA rules this season protect poor over-stretched bigger clubs with huge squads and budgets
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
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
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous