Cricket
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Beyond the boundary
Can art reflect a nation’s spirit through its depictions of one of its favourite games?
C. L. R. James and the majesty of cricket
The West Indian writer and historian knew that cricket is far more than merely a sport
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
