Crowds
Silence of the fans
Nick Cohen says silent sport needs crowds to give it meaning
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
Send the tools to finish the job
It is imperative that the West once again becomes “the great arsenal of democracy”
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”