Ethel Smyth
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword