commentators
Boxing clever
Racing has far better TV pundits than football
Gods of the gantry
Motson’s death has reminded us of the enduring power of good commentary
A columnist’s farewell
One column ends and another begins
Politics is not downstream from culture
Against Top Gear conservatism
The bizarre fetish for “grown-up” politics
Is it enough to not be a child?
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
