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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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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
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany