Cicero
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Murder, incest — a limping collapse
Inquests aimed at cooling tempers became trials of strength, fanning the flames of partisan politics
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.