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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
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.