Michael J Fox
The wild north
On screen savage battles, middle-aged villains, decline and disease are reviewed by Robert Hutton
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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
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation