Blake Sennett
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt