Newbury
The final furlong
Horse racing is in existential crisis
The roots of Germany
Jeremy Black discusses German identity in the 700 years between Charlemagne and the Reformation
Sob stories
Real men have grit in their eye
This septic isle
Malta is not a trans utopia
Survivors, not suspects
Can a new report finally get rape victims out of the dock?
The cult of Captain Tom is dead
Brits should stop gorging on sentimentality
Broad horizons
Libraries are now much less about places to house books as places for people to work
Universities are not counselling services
By expecting them to do everything, we forget their central purpose: education
Evening Vespas and Gelato alla Gordon’s
When in Florence…
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work
King of the clay court
On the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, Nadal is God
How to end the war in Ukraine
Neither territorial concessions nor unrealistic dreams of toppling Putin can secure lasting peace