Competition
Rugby’s mismatches
Should the World Cup be smaller?
Sack the stewards
Racing should adopt football’s VAR
Glorious mud
Nick Cohen is badly bitten by the cross-country bug
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say