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
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility
Bull market
José Tomás is a titan of the bullring, but does he live up to his reputation?
In praise of ageing handymen
The quiet comforts of local community
Rolling back into town
The world’s greatest band return to Liverpool — do they still have it?
Funny old game
What would Big Jack have made of today’s shoots?
Why nuclear abolition should fail
The harsh reality is that the nuclear revolution is irreversible and makes major wars significantly less likely
Love’s labourers lost
Romeo finds himself overcome by a sense of utter hopelessness
Women should not be for sale
We must challenge the Left’s view of prostitution as “progressive” and “sex work” as liberating
The Weimar Republic
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the Weimar Republic and whether its collapse blinds us to its achievements
Digital dysmorphia
The internet has gone from the marketplace of ideas, to a marketplace in bodies
Out with the in-crowd
Barely surving a nightmarish camp