This Sporting Life
The man in the dug-out
If you fail, you’re sacked; if you succeed, you get poached
Rite of spring
The first day of the season at Lord’s isn’t really about cricket
Goodbye to Goodison
The staccato clatter of wooden seats: a thundering drumbeat that vibrates direct to the heart
Forlorn Hoop dreams
The club needs consistency, not the constant psychodrama of play-off hopes followed by relegation fears
Kill the football bill
Starmer hasn’t grasped that over-regulation is inimical to economic growth
The real king of Leicester
What could such a storied player want with a middling Midlands club?
Making America grate
Team US might need the commander-in-chief’s help to win the Ryder Cup
Glorious half-century
When it’s good it’s very good indeed
Georgia on my mind
Georgia is growing in crediblitiy as a rugby power
VAR is a blight on the Premier League
A blight on the Premier League
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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
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks