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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
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it