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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined