Matthias Goerne
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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
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it