Bel Canto
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve