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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
The hitch with the Hitch
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
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)