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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
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers