Claire Adam
Debuts, comebacks and suprises
There are plenty of dead bodies here, but no dead air
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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
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The summer chill
Cool soups for hot days
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures