Civil Society
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
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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 testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party