Hilary Mantel
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Thomas Cromwell’s reputation
MacCulloch and Mantel have revealed a better side to the controversial Tudor statesman
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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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal