Bullfighting
Taurine state of grace
Christopher North joins the devoted cult of the elegant, enigmatic bullfighter José Tomás
The final frontier
Christopher North says bullfighting thrives in a culture where death is discussed, not hidden
The pardoner’s tale
Christopher North on a sentimental fad that risks cheapening the ritual of the bullring
End of the fiesta?
Christopher North worries that lockdown has caused an extinction-level crisis
Pick of the plazas
Christopher North advises on the best bullrings for budding aficionados
Bullfighting à la mode
Christopher North says French aficionados are more demanding than the Spanish
Lords of the ring
Christopher North says while matadors come and go, pedigree fighting bulls remain
Death of a maestro
Christopher North pays tribute to one of the two great matadors of the Golden Age
Opening gambits
Christopher North witnesses the start of the bullfighting season
A little world of death
Christopher North says the decline of bull fighting is greatly exaggerated
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
