Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright’s pandemic prescience
An interview with the man who saw it coming
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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
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
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction