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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces