Joseph Knox
Murders for May
A look at some murderously good talent and some old re-releases
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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
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 UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy