Football
Inside the small town newspaper
How my first editor taught me to report “without fear or favour”
Sing when you’re sinning
Football may be the new religion, but it faces the same challenges as the old
Pitch inversion
Boris Johnson may rue the day he gave a footballer a gong for something other than football
Obsessed by fantasy football
To enter a Fantasy Football season is to be as one with Donald Rumsfeld prior to the Iraq War, but with less insight
The German threat to English exceptionalism
As England prepare to face the “old enemy” at Wembley, its impact on the nation’s mood — and our wider politics — cannot be underestimated
Spare us the virtue-signalling hypocrisy
Footballers who take the knee are participating not in the fight against racism, but in BLM’s double standards
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising
Letter from Washington: In defence of American sport(s)
Would the super league have made football more American? If only.
Super hypocrites
Spare us the sentimental tosh about working-class sport, tradition and community
Bob Lord: butcher and visionary
Bob Lord, the chairman of Burnley FC from 1955 to 1981, had a shrewd view of how the world worked and where it was heading
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
