Norm Macdonald
Why politics kills comedy
It constrains humour or makes it complacent
Remembering Norm Macdonald
Like Peter Cook, he made being funny seem as natural as yawning
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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
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working