Armando Iannucci
Why politics kills comedy
It constrains humour or makes it complacent
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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
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal