Alexandra Wilson
Puncturing the toxic myth of “elitism”
No art form is more subtle, more visceral, more preposterous and more life-affirming than opera
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions