Running Repairs
The end of the road
Nick Cohen has adopted a new workout: wrestling with a novel
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
Justice warriors
Nick Cohen says pounding the streets brings its own rewards
The sin of pride
Nick Cohen blames testosterone for his latest sports injury
Glorious mud
Nick Cohen is badly bitten by the cross-country bug
Silence of the fans
Nick Cohen says silent sport needs crowds to give it meaning
Scrapping for space
Nick Cohen says hamfisted Covid road closures are dividing opinion
Training for nothing
Nick Cohen laments the pandemic’s effect on competitions
Health and safety
Nick Cohen says streets must be safe for active lifestyles to flourish
Run for your life
Nick Cohen says the new normal must be built for people, not cars
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide
Lessons from Belgium and the Netherlands
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
