Harold Abrahams
His race is run
ASH Smyth remembers Ben Cross, Harold Abrahams, and the impact Chariots of Fire had on his 10-year-old self
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions