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The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working