Elena Langer
Film and music theatre
A marriage made in heaven, or one heading for the rocks?
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear