Nationhood
The fallacy of “British values”
Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions
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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
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal