Antonín Panenka
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
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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
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan