Hooliganism
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
