National hero
More than whippets and flat caps
Brian Groom’s Northerners weaves together a rich seam of rebels and innovators
What makes a hero?
Today, our heroes are demi-gods with superhuman powers, genius detectives and, painful though it is to admit, activists
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it