Jonathan Miller
Life in the press gang
A scattergun memoir with the decline of newspapers as gloomy backdrop
Death of a polymath
The great British opera director Jonathan Miller has died aged 85. Here is one of his last interviews
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions