Manchester United
In defence of Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Far more energy has gone into condemning his phrasing than confronting the questions he raised
Man of the match
Christian Erikson: resurrection man
All right on the night
The enchanted world of nocturnal football
Super hypocrites
Spare us the sentimental tosh about working-class sport, tradition and community
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt