This Sporting Life
Up for the cup
Hoping for a golfing renaissance in Rome
Lucky numbers
In football, a number is more than just a number
J’adore les bleus
Antoine Dupont makes the game look easy
Agony and ecstasy
The simultaneous glory and tragedy of sport
Just not cricket
The stumping of Bairstow was within the rules. But was it in the spirit of the game?
The art of spin
Spin bowling remains the highest art form in the most beautiful sport
Oars and roars
Watching rowing is thirsty work
Man in the middle
Football needs more respect for referees
Ashes to ashes
Cricket memories to be treasured
The sorcerer of speed
Stirling Moss performed almost supernaturally
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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
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches