Football
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
The problem with football pundits
Why are we so often stuck with inarticulate ex-pros?
“Women of Steel” won’t bend easily
Female football players should be able to play against other women
Moving tribute to a richer time
On one tumultuous day, eleven men in strawberry-jam shirts wore crowns
NUFC and the Saudis
Foreign governments should not own football clubs
The eyes of the law
The argument over VAR remains unsettled
Perfect for the part
Oompa Loompas and a newfound enthusiasm for association football
Lucky numbers
In football, a number is more than just a number
It started with a kiss
Luis Rubiales has no excuse
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned