Localism
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The curse of super-councillors
MPs should not be focused on the local at the expense of the national
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
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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
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation