Benedict Cumberbatch
Running scared of religion
Shelley’s story prompts us to consider the relationship between The Almighty and man
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches