Natural England
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
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
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone