Football Clubs
Mustn’t grumble
The dog-in-the-manger outlook still persists in Tottenham
Goodbye to Goodison
The staccato clatter of wooden seats: a thundering drumbeat that vibrates direct to the heart
Kill the football bill
Starmer hasn’t grasped that over-regulation is inimical to economic growth
The FA’s passion-killer
FA rules this season protect poor over-stretched bigger clubs with huge squads and budgets
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
Messi to Aston Villa?
The joyous anarchy of football transfer gossip
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name