Entertainment
Past his prime
Even the President of the United States has to know when to retire
A return to Lord’s
Two years on from the gripping World Cup Final, there are few pops and bangs this year at Lord’s
Judah Friedlander Live!
In his perversity, absurdity, and bleakness, Friedlander taps the mood of American politics now
Starring Chelsea Peretti as Herself
The moments of interruption in Peretti’s stand-up reveal the constructedness of what we are watching
A little world of death
Christopher North says the decline of bull fighting is greatly exaggerated
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Confessions of a Yankee Anglophile
For all our differences, Americans and Britons will never be too far apart
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane