This Sporting Life
King of the clay court
On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God
Are U.S. sports actually superior to ours?
Sport is another thing to confirm the notion of American exceptionalism
Pipe down and play up
We need more silence in sport
Tortured hero of the Giro
The Italian rapscallion
Those we love, and those we love to hate
Sweet dreams are made of this
Singing Shane’s praises
A man with an appetite for victory, and everything else too
Going deep on the river
Make no mistake, the boat race is a blood sport
Payton’s place as an icon
Sweet dreams are made of this
All right on the night
The enchanted world of nocturnal football
Hymns and arias
Fierce rivalries in a shared sport
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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
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game