Gaelic Football
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?