Billy Nomates
It’s not bullying, it’s criticism
Artists don’t have to be shielded from critics
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing