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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library