Ministry of Justice
Cleaning up
The fate of a Whitehall cleaner, Emanuel Gomes, should not be brushed aside
Dead and buried
Why has a much-needed review into coroner’s services been shelved?
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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
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?