How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Let our pubs live
The government should recognise how important pubs are to society
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it