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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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale